Back in the day Chris Rock had a bit in his comedy routine where he would talk about the trials of living in the ‘hood’. He said if a friend was coming from out of town to visit and he asked for directions and you’d ask, “Well where are you now?” And if he said “Martin Luther King Boulevard” he’d scream, “GET OUT OF THERE!”
Or if he got a big screen TV he’d have to wait till 3 am to bring it in because if any of the “niggas” saw it, they’d come steal it. Then he’d go, “I love black people, but I hates niggas!” He was a funny guy. I’m sure he took the obligatory shots at white people, how nerdy and stupid we’re supposed to be, but I don’t even remember that. It was just so fresh/shocking to hear a black man be honest about ‘niggas’.
“Leaders” of the black community eventually went to him and explained why he couldn’t continue the routine. And regrettably he acquiesced. But by gawd it was funny for awhile. Some white people had thought that way for years, it was just nice to know black people felt the same way.
But as far as “the slap”, I never have liked Will Smith. Not an active ‘dislike’, more of a take him or leave him. He never seemed to hold any endearing qualities to me. Now he definitely doesn’t.
Politics and Religion 