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David Oyelowo Thinks the Oscars 2022 Slap Will Have a 'Negative Effect' on Hollywood Inclusivity

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David Oyelowo is revealing his feelings about the Will Smith-Chris Rock 2022 Oscars slap incident.

The 46-year-old Selma actor spoke out in a guest column in The Hollywood Reporter on Thursday (April 7). Click inside to read more… “The moment I realized the nature of what had just occurred on the stage at the Dolby Theatre, I was confronted by the same rising anxiety all Black people feel when the face that flashes up on the news after a crime is reported, is a Black one.

You find yourself thinking, ‘What does this mean for us?’ ‘What does that mean for me?’” he said. “In the wake of George Floyd‘s murder, the entertainment industry made a lot of pledges to increase the diversity of our business.

Some intentional. Some ceremonial. My fear is that this unfortunate incident, which has us all processing, will have a negative effect on the ongoing push for inclusion,” he went on to say. “There are those who, in a bid to make sure something of this nature never happens again, will operate through an unconscious — or conscious — bias.

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