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why do people care abt the damn slap so much? i loved it, my gf did too, but her mom went full “he should be arrested” over it
i got yelled at by some old people at a poetry slam. they kept saying that "you cant do that in front of white people"
I was like "but you can make fun of a black women in front of white people?"
and they were like "yes kids are too sensitive now a days, men make fun of their wives in public and let people laugh at them"
and i said " yeah I guess I expect more respect from men, my partner would never make fun of my appearance and would confront anyone who did, especially a friend "
and they had no real response, i think it was being live streamed lol they then went on to talk about how black peoples problems are our own faults, and called for respectability politics. I never went back to the poetry slam, the poetry was AWFUL anyway.
I love the part of your story about the poetry slam. The story works without that context, but the fact you had this conversation at a poetry slam, surrounded by (in my imagination) bad poetry and snapping beatniks really elevated it somehow
some more scenery, a echo-y microphone, incense and essential oils so strong it hurts your head, a very dimly lit room, a mother and son poetry duo, african statues placed haphazardly around the room.
I've heard the take of 'not in front of the white people!' And I've got mixed feelings on the idea. You're right though - making fun of a black woman's appearance is really fucked up and didn't get nearly as much attention as the slap.
And who would want a partner who made shitty boomer jokes about them? I've never thought to make fun of my partner's appearance to their face, let alone to others.
i dont think the boomer "i hate my wife" jokes were jokes, they actually hate their wives and the wives think its normal.
Yeah, full stop. I work with a lot of those types and they just hate their wives. It's such a gross mindset
Will Smith is an African-American man. That slap triggered a lot of people's latent racism.
yeah who gives a fuck about a celebrity being slapped. Like it's such a small thing when you have any sense of perspective but people get so worked up about it it's quite puzzling
I think celebrities should be slapping the living shit out of each other all the time. It's the least they cann do for us, frankly