whoopi - Blog - The Oracle Mag2024-03-29T08:38:50Zhttps://www.theoraclemag.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/whoopiWhoopi Goldberg Defends Stephen A. Smith’s Comments: If You Hit a Man, Don’t Be Surprised if He Hits Backhttps://www.theoraclemag.com/profiles/blogs/whoopi-goldberg-defends-stephen-a-smith-s-comments-if-you-hit-a-m2014-07-30T06:59:28.000Z2014-07-30T06:59:28.000ZPrince Malachi The Firsthttps://www.theoraclemag.com/members/Malachi<div><div class="entryHeader"> </div>
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<div class="entryBody" title=""><div class="content"><div><br /><p>Whoopi Goldberg in New York June 5, 2014<br />STEPHEN LOVEKIN/GETTY IMAGES FOR HBO</p>
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<p>The comedian and <em>View</em> co-host does more mansplaining when it comes to domestic violence. </p>
<div><p>Whoopi Goldberg is quickly becoming an advocate for men who inflict domestic violence upon women. <a href="http://www.theroot.com/blogs/the_grapevine/2014/05/whoopi_goldberg_believes_a_man_should_be_able_to_hit_a_woman_back.html" target="_blank">You may recall back in May</a>, during the Solange Knowles-and-Jay Z elevator fight, that Goldberg said Jay Z had every right to hit Solange back.</p>
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<div><p>“I think Solange was quite ready for him to do whatever he was going to do,” Goldberg said. “This is the thing: If anybody hits you, you have the right—I know that many people are raised in a very different way—but if a woman hits you, to me, you have the right to hit her back.”</p>
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<div><p>Now Goldberg is singing the same song, but to the tune of a different celebrity caught up in his own domestic violence comments.</p>
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<div><p>Last Friday, during an episode of ESPN’s <em>First Take,</em> Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless had a heated debate over the Baltimore Ravens’ suspension of Ray Rice for two games. <a href="http://www.theroot.com/blogs/the_grapevine/2014/07/ray_rice_receives_2_game_suspension_for_assault_outrage_is_expressed_on.html" target="_blank">Many people felt the suspension was too lenient</a>, especially since video captured Rice dragging his then-fiancee, Janay Palmer, out of an elevator unconscious.</p>
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<div><p>Smith’s perspective fell within two stances. Even though he stated that <a href="http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2014/07/watch_stephen_a_smith_mansplain_domestic_violence.html" target="_blank">a man should never hit a woman</a> under any circumstances, he also stated that he tells the women in his family that they should never “provoke” a man.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.theroot.com/blogs/the_grapevine/2014/07/whoopi_goldberg_defends_stephen_a_smith_if_you_hit_a_man_don_t_be_surprised.html?wpisrc=mostpopular" target="_blank">Click here to read more</a></p>
<p>Source: The Root | <a href="http://www.theroot.com/authors.yesha_callahan.html" target="_blank">YESHA CALLAHAN</a></p>
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