The Root‘s McDuffie Says Chris Rock Deserved Slap for Treatment of Black Women: ‘Words Can Be Violence’

(Via Mediaite)

The Root‘s Candace McDuffie defended her column saying Chris Rock “Deserved to Be Slapped by Will Smith” because of his history o attacking Black women, telling CNN’s Don Lemon that “words can be violence too.”

Rock is making headlines with his expansive reaction to the Oscars slap in his new Netflix comedy special Selective Outrage — and drawing criticism from critics like McDuffie, who wrote a column in response.

The headline and McDuffie’s subhed sum up her criticism well. “Now that Chris Rock had his ‘Bitch laden’ Netflix sketch, it proved what people have been saying: Chris Rock has always antagonized Black women,” she wrote.