I'm not normally a fan of movie actors and musicians mouthing off about politics. Often they have not done their homework and wind up espousing absurdities that get picked up and repeated by the media echo chamber, drowning out voices who actually have a grip on the subject.
Occasionally my narrow view of this is off. :)
Will Smith of Ali fame (and Men In Black, the first of which is a fun and funny film) is apparently the target of a one man boycott. Smith is quoted from an interview he gave to a major German newspaper. In reply to a question about 9/11, Smith had this to say:
Asked whether the 9/11 attacks had changed him, Smith said, "No. Absolutely not. When you grow up black in America, you have a completely different view of the world than white Americans. We blacks live with a constant feeling of unease. And whether you are wounded in an attack by a racist cop or in a terrorist attack, I'm sorry, it makes no difference." Smith continued, "In the '60s, blacks were continuously the victims of terrorist attacks. It was civil terrorism, but terrorism nonetheless. We are used to being attacked. That constant state of vigilance -- a sort of defensive state -- that hasn't changed at all. For me, nothing has changed at all."
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