Will Smith’s slap heard round the world forces us to imagine life free of transgressions against Black women
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on April 2, 2022
The comedian Chris Rock, left, reacts after actor Will Smith slaps him onstage during the 94th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles March 27. (AP/Chris Pizzello)
For the first time in what seems like weeks and weeks of nonstop coverage of violence in Europe and around the world, our attention March 27 quickly shifted to the Oscars, where Will Smith slapped Chris Rock for making an insensitive joke about Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith.
In response to the incident, the 
