Will Smith has spoken about his experiences as a Black man, saying that he’s never met a “smart person” who’s said racist things to him.The actor, whose new Netflix series Amend: The Fight For America premiered last month, said in a new interview that he’s been called the N-word “probably five or six times”.“I grew up with the impression that racists and racism were stupid, and they were easy to get around.
I just had to be smarter,” he told Pod Save America. “Now while they were very dangerous, I had never looked into the eyes of a racist and saw anything that I perceived as intellect.”The actor continued: “Ignorance can be educated.
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