The Oscars Academy said it doesn't "condone violence” even though it did nothing after Will Smith slapped Chris Rock

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Watch: uncensored clip of Will Smith hitting Chris Rock in the face at the Academy Awards

also find it hard to believe that the same white audiences who consume violence against Black people on screen to an almost fetishistic degree (and are quite happy to have the Academy reward these gratuitously violent projects year after year) are so distraught about an open-palm slap. Again, this kind of performative pearl-clutching is only ever reserved for Black men who mess up. [Amber Riley Tea GIF]