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Slapping incident at Oscars sparks difficult conversations

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Slapping incident at the Oscars sparks difficult but important conversations

Four days after the shocking events at this year's Oscars, the fallout is not over yet. The Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences says it is considering disciplinary action against Will Smith. Author and film critic Eisa Nefertari Ulen, and Mark Anthony Neal, author and professor of Black popular culture at Duke University, join Stephanie Sy to discuss.

03/31/2022

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