The North Star with Shaun King

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My Only Real Takeaway From the Will Smith Debacle Before I Never Talk About It Again: Black People Are Never Allowed to Mess Up

One final piece of commentary before I hope we can all turn our attention back to the issues that actually matter.

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Kendi King
Apr 03, 2022
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Will Smith accepts the Actor in a Leading Role award for ‘King Richard’ onstage during the 94th Annual Academy Awards (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)

Will Smith is kinda seen as a genius in the realm of Black filmmakers. 

Not because of his stellar acting and performance skills, or the fact that I grew up watching him in some of the most iconic fi…

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