Kareem Abdul-Jabbar calls Will Smith's physical confrontation with Chris Rock 'a blow to men, women, the entertainment industry, and the Black community.'
, where he called the physical confrontation "a blow to men, women, the entertainment industry, and the Black community." The former NBA player likened the thought process that Smith was defending his wife's honor to the"justification currently being proclaimed by conservatives passing laws to restrict abortion and the LGBTQ+ community."
"I just felt that Will's wife really should have been given some consideration as to, you know, how she felt about it and what she wanted to do about it," he explained. "I mean [people] just ignored her altogether and I didn't think that made much sense. You know, she's the one that would've been offended if it was offensive. It wasn't like somebody like riding her... You never know what people are thinking. That's how I see it.
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