{"id":422813,"date":"2022-03-28T18:34:28","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T15:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/we-are-not-going-to-do-this-to-a-black-man\/"},"modified":"2022-03-28T18:34:28","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T15:34:28","slug":"we-are-not-going-to-do-this-to-a-black-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/we-are-not-going-to-do-this-to-a-black-man\/","title":{"rendered":"#&#8217;We are not going to do this to a Black man&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27250e43123\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a27250e43123\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/we-are-not-going-to-do-this-to-a-black-man\/#%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98We_are_not_going_to_do_this_to_a_Black_man%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;&#8216;We are not going to do this to a Black man&#8217;&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1>&#8220;&#8216;We are not going to do this to a Black man'&#8221;<\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> users are battling over whether to cancel Will Smith.<\/p>\n<p>Smith, 53, astounded the Oscars 2022 audience and viewers alike when he bolted up to the stage on Sunday and sl<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed presenter Chris Rock after the latter made a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. <\/p>\n<p>The \u201cKing Richard\u201d star then won the golden statuette for Best Actor in a Leading Role shortly after the incident. However, The Post has since reported that the Academy could revoke his award following his actions. <\/p>\n<p>Twitter was divided over whether to cancel Smith, especially since other Oscar winners such as Roman Polanski, Harvey Weinstein and many more have reportedly done other unspeakable acts \u2014 and still have their trophies.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/smith-oscar-comp.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"will smith Roman Polanski Harvey Weinstein\" class=\"wp-image-21686420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/smith-oscar-comp.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/smith-oscar-comp.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/smith-oscar-comp.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Twitter is buzzing over controversial Oscar winners Harvey Weinstein and Roman Polanski after Will Smith\u2019s win on Sunday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Some are calling for the \u201cFresh Prince of Bel-Air\u201d actor <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mherskovitz\/status\/1508298011633356806\">to be disciplined<\/a>. \u201cI call upon the Academy, of which I am a member, to take disciplinary action against Will Smith. He disgraced our entire community tonight,\u201d writer Marshall Herskovitz tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>Another <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sil_Lai\/status\/1508323132444192769\">chimed in<\/a> and replied to Herskovitz\u2019s words, saying: \u201cI can assure you that your community has many more disgraceful actions that have impacted many more people than Will Smith. See Roman Polanski, Mel Gibson, Harvey Weinstein, Alfred Hitchcock, etc.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I can assure you that your community has many more disgraceful actions that have impacted many more people than Will Smith. See Roman Polanski, Mel Gibson, Harvey Weinstein, Alfred Hitchcock, etc. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wrXdvqCZ2h\">https:\/\/t.co\/wrXdvqCZ2h<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sil Lai Abrams AKA Alecto ALT: A Woman Finding \u262e\ufe0f (@Sil_Lai) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sil_Lai\/status\/1508323132444192769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Another <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/beepbeepribbit\/status\/1508310858765590528\">added<\/a>: \u201cJust remember they gave Roman Polanski an Oscar in absentia after he fled the country to avoid a pedophilia conviction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Polanski, 88, won the Oscar for Best Director in 2003 for his work on \u201cThe Pianist.\u201d However, he didn\u2019t attend the ceremony because he fled the US in 1978 following a rape charge. Harrison Ford <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2003\/sep\/08\/news1#:~:text=Harrison%20Ford%20fulfilled%20a%20promise,the%20award%20for%20The%20Pianist.\">accepted the award<\/a> on Polanksi\u2019s behalf and the filmmaker received a standing ovation. <\/p>\n<p>One argued that viewers <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rahaeli\/status\/1508329484059127809\">shouldn\u2019t condemn Smith<\/a> for his actions, rattling off names of numerous other actors who have allegedly crossed a line. \u201cNo, we are not going to do this to a Black man when we didn\u2019t do it to Roman Polanski, Woody Allen, Harvey Weinstein, Michael Douglas, Douglas Hoffman, Richard Dreyfuss, Paul Haggis, James Franco, Kevin Spacey, Casey Affleck, Mel Gibson, Arthur Freed, Joan Crawford [and] Clark Gable,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/smith-oscar-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Will Smith accepts the award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for &quot;King Richard&quot; during the show at the 94th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 27, 2022\" class=\"wp-image-21686418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/smith-oscar-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/smith-oscar-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/smith-oscar-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Will Smith accepts the award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for \u201cKing Richard\u201d at the 94th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Los Angeles Times via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIf we are talking about taking back Oscar\u2019s let\u2019s start with Roman Polanski,\u201d someone <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vodkabooty\/status\/1508314039901847555\">else thought<\/a>. \u201cSo in that case have Woody Allen, Roman Polanski, Guillermo del Toro, and Harvey Weinstein return their Oscars too,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/waitisovah\/status\/1508307759938289665\">one suggested<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A user <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rafaelshimunov\/status\/1508327443098218496\">also noted<\/a>, \u201cThe Academy spent decades ignoring rape by Harvey Weinstein before it was forced to remove him from its membership, and never once took action against violence by Roman Polanski who drugged and raped a 13 year old or Mel Gibson who continues to promote hate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Academy <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAcademy\/status\/1508310547564953606\">released its own statement <\/a>regarding the incident and slammed the violence. \u201cThe Academy does not condone violence of any form,\u201d the show tweeted early Monday. \u201cTonight we are delighted to celebrate our 94th Academy Awards winners, who deserve this moment of recognition from their peers and movie lovers around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Academy does not condone violence of any form.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight we are delighted to celebrate our 94th Academy Awards winners, who deserve this moment of recognition from their peers and movie lovers around the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Academy (@TheAcademy) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAcademy\/status\/1508310547564953606?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>People bashed the telecast\u2019s memo and shook their heads from behind their computer screens. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes it does, you let the guy win lmao,\u201d one <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rory_Flanagan\/status\/1508310606973407234\">responded<\/a>. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mnkearney\/status\/1508316054350884865\">Another said<\/a>, \u201cYou gave an assault perpetrator five uninterrupted minutes on a global platform to excuse his behaviour. 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