You make a solid point (you always do!) but I'm not so sure they came out looking infinitely worse. Certainly in the eyes of media especially Twitter. But to all of my pretty basic, apolitical-but-veering-conservative extended family composed of white people, black people, Filipino/as? (And many of my diverse colleagues as well.) The rea…
You make a solid point (you always do!) but I'm not so sure they came out looking infinitely worse. Certainly in the eyes of media especially Twitter. But to all of my pretty basic, apolitical-but-veering-conservative extended family composed of white people, black people, Filipino/as? (And many of my diverse colleagues as well.) The reaction was lots & lots of support for Will standing up for his lady. It really felt to me as if the anger against him sorta connected, in a rather fun way, both the woke & anti-woke folks with college degrees. Online, it felt like all the intelligentsia came out against the slap. But regular folks? Not so sure it made him look bad. I think many felt it made him look normal i.e. not a Hollywood type. And, in a strange way, I think this also connects to the populist appeal of Trump.
You make a solid point (you always do!) but I'm not so sure they came out looking infinitely worse. Certainly in the eyes of media especially Twitter. But to all of my pretty basic, apolitical-but-veering-conservative extended family composed of white people, black people, Filipino/as? (And many of my diverse colleagues as well.) The reaction was lots & lots of support for Will standing up for his lady. It really felt to me as if the anger against him sorta connected, in a rather fun way, both the woke & anti-woke folks with college degrees. Online, it felt like all the intelligentsia came out against the slap. But regular folks? Not so sure it made him look bad. I think many felt it made him look normal i.e. not a Hollywood type. And, in a strange way, I think this also connects to the populist appeal of Trump.