2022 Oscars: Will Smith appears to hit Chris Rock

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I've seen a comment that it's not for white people to judge black people behavior.

Harriot claimed the Smith-Rock incident was an example of “how black people relate to each other” in a way that white people do not understand

I've seen a comment that it's not for white people to judge black people behavior.

Makes a change after 400 years of white man's judgement

I think I originally saw it worded like that in a comment on a news article, which is not searchable.
Here's something similar stated in an actual article.
https://nypost.com/2022/04/04/msnbc-host-tiffany-cross-says-white-people-dont-understand-will-smith-slap/

Let's be clear, I offer no interpretation of my own how those words should be understood. I just think it's ridiculous.

your claim.  It is also only one journalist's opinion.

Pretty sure that was coming from a black person. Similarly to Kanye West saying it's not for while people to understand "black people music".

iperpetuating a destructive and racist myth about black folks.

In the 60 years I've been around a surefire way to get hit, is to go up to a couple and say something about a man's wife he considers offensive. So to me this isn't some deep mystery that needs to be solved. It's a simple matter of action and reaction.

So does this mean white people shouldn't comment on the reasons why Will Smith hit Chris Rock? As it's none of our business?

Oh, not my words, but figured I'd mention that such a ridiculous point of view exists.

Ok Boomer

On a more serious note has this really changed that much?

My opinion no.

Another opinion of mine is the criticism is not about changed gender roles, or white people being racist, its about virtue signaling.

Will Smith is telling all ― and finally apologizing ― months after slapping Chris Rock at the Academy Awards.
The Oscar-winner answered questions about the slap in a nearly six-minute long video he released on his YouTube channel on Friday.

He clarified his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s role in the slap ― or lack thereof ― after a question appeared on screen saying, “After Jada rolled her eyes, did she tell you to do something?”

“No,” Smith said emphatically, as he began to smile.

“It’s like, you know, I made a choice on my own, from my own experiences, from my history with Chris,” he said. “Jada had nothing to do with it. I’m sorry babe”

In Smith’s new YouTube video, he said that he has reached out to Rock to talk about the incident, but the comedian said he is not yet ready to talk.

“So I will say to you, Chris, I apologize to you,” Smith said. “My behavior was unacceptable, and I’m here whenever you’re ready to talk.”

The “King Richard” actor added that he is “deeply remorseful” for his actions, and apologized to his family, fellow nominees and those who looked up to him.

“I’m trying to be remorseful without being ashamed of myself,” Smith said at the end of the video. “Right? I’m human. And I made a mistake, and I’m trying not to think of myself as a piece of s**t.”

Chris Rock’s reaction to Will Smith’s emotional video apology for that Oscars slap? A shrug and a new nickname for the “King Richard” star: “Suge Smith.”

Rock took the stage for a show at the Fox Theatre Atlanta, Georgia just hours after Smith released the video, where, according to People, he didn’t address the apology, but told the crowd, “Everybody is trying to be a f—ing victim. If everybody claims to be a victim, then nobody will hear the real victims. Even me getting smacked by Suge Smith… I went to work the next day, I got kids,” he said, referencing jailed Death Row Records cofounder Suge Knight.

“Anyone who says words hurt has never been punched in the face,” Rock quipped during the show, which is part of his Ego Death World Tour.