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This is my preferred definition: Racism is not bigotry nor bias nor prejudice. It's when one group has the power to institutionalize and enforce bigotry, racial bias or racial prejudice. Black folks can practice bigotry, bias or prejudice against others but they don't have the power to make these slurs public policy.

none of you have mentioned one thing, the issue is dead. Will Smith or Chris Rock have nothing left to do. If Chris Rock calls Jada Pinkett a bitch in the next special, then he is being petty or trying to manufacture a scenario. If Will Smith finances a film where a black comedian has to protect himself from those his jokes insult then his remorse wasn't true. It's over, Jada Pinkett smith was insulted by a black man on a national platform for no reason at all, Jada Pinkett had her honor defended by her husband which cost him some status and cost her some status, they are still maried, and the man who insulted her did it far worse afterword. But, all three are healthy, financially wealthy, and can move on now, outside the inevitable question from poor pundits but it's over

Another original member of the P-Funk mob has left this existence. Thanks for the music. RIP Fuzzy Haskins.😎

@SpeakHerTruth Not surprising, i don't agree with what you insist "changes things". Jada is at the heart of this controversy by virtue of being the motivation for her long-suffering husband's attempt to impress her with his pseudo display of manhood, and she has forfeited her right to be respected by making no secret of and showing no shame for sleeping with her son's good friend. And since she flaunts what is achieved by shaving her head, as opposed to suffering from the actual baldness that occurs in serious cases of alopecia, any claim to her being a sympathetic figure is bogus, particularly since the character Chris Rock compared her to was a heroic one. To me and a whole lot of other Blacks, maintaining his self control and making the decision to quell a bad situation was admirable of Chris - who could possible have taken on the "David" role to Will's "Goliath" persona inasmuch as he grew up in the hood. Moreover, deciding to keep his thoughts about the situation to himself was not only a profitable move on Chris' part, but a wise one because, unlike Will, he exhibited impulse control in order to collect his thoughts. I don't expect to change your mind about any of this, but in stating my opposing stance, i would also argue that the last person to whom all of this really matters is the detached, self-absorbed Jada who has always treated Will like a door mat and couldn't care less what people think. You give the impression of being more indignant than she does. LOL I would further disagree that nothing worse than this incident wherein violent physical contact was made before one participant yelled the f-word at the other, has ever happened at the Oscars which I have been watching for over 50 years! Finally, Kudos to Chris Rock's end game. He made a bunch of money and a legion of new fans. More power to him.

My apology I misunderstood you. Thanks for the clarification.