03/29/2022
Sunday March 27th, 2022 was a remarkable night for black people to show themselves on full display. The performances were spectacular, the preparation was meticulous, the awards were abundant and humor was ample. In addition to all of these things, the misogynoir that plagues the spaces between black women and black men was also center stage as it usually is in black comedy and often black spaces in general. Yes, misogynoir put on his tuxedo and paraded into the theater along with all other things black. This time something else showed up that we’ve never seen before but had always been latent in the place where black excellence is celebrated, his name was resistance. For one second on the stage at the Oscars, a black woman was centered not for the purpose of entertaining, or presenting but as a symbol that our story, the story of black people and entertainment can be that violence against black women from black men in particular will not go unchecked by other black men on the world’s stage or in private spaces.
