My take on the Ja Morant troubles is the same as a lot of my friends' takes:
* He needs better people around him, to advise him to make much better choices
* He has a much greater chance of becoming a victim, than being an aggressor.
As a Black athlete, if you make poor choices in legitimate conflict situations, you will be perceived as the villain, regardless of any preceding provocations.
Chris Rock on why he didn’t fight back. Funny because it’s true. Again black art coming to deal with issues.
That's... not why Chris Rock didn't fight back. Chris didn't fight back because he couldn't. He would've gotten slapped a few more times. Will is huge.
And much of Chris' whole comedy career for the past 10 years has been laughing at Black stereotypes for the benefit of racist white audiences. Telling jokes like "Black people vs N-words" and "Black people hate books!"
He got himself in trouble in the first place for repeatedly taking unnecessary shots at Jada, and other Black women.
I know and agree on your well made points. Chris Rock was well out of order that night. Will was wrong but he was provoked and I’m really sad it happened. My point was more that if Chris tried to fight back the racist media would have pinned him and Will as “violent black guys fighting.”
If my previous post furthered racist stereotypes then for that I’m sorry and thanks for the pickup and correction.
mekka okereke 
The Animal and the Machine