The Slap: Right or Wrong? or It’s Complicated
Key Questions and Statements:
· What led up to Will Smith slapping Chris Rock?
· Was the joke Chris Rock told about Jada Smith offensive? Why?
· Why did Will Smith feel his masculinity challenged? And what was that about anyway?
· What, if anything, should happen to Will Smith now, if anything?
· In a world that celebrates masculine violence, why are we surprised? Is it hypocrisy?
· What does it mean that the original pain of Jada Smith is overtaken (ignored?) by the narrative of
the men? Will and Chris.
· What about this situation is in quiet celebration of 2 black men (almost literally) beating up each
other in public?
· Is it troubling that “the slap” has so occupied our collective attention at a time of deadly global variants, the potential of global war, mass murders, starvation in Africa, genocide in Asia, immigration crisis at the border, climate change laying a death trap for future generations, and a compromised Supreme
Court?
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