[CyberAnt]

Oh yes, the “gun culture” is to blame for all the black deaths in America.

Get real!

[skeeter]

“I’ve always been telling my sons, ‘We have to separate fault from responsibility,’” he said.

Then Will Smith is comfortable misleading his sons.

What an illiterate, idiotic distinction to make.

[rarestia]

*yawn* Another Hollywood celebrity opining on gun culture.

[Boogieman]

“You know, I grew up in Philadelphia,...”

In West Philadelphia, born and raised. On the playground is where he spent most of his days.

[a fool in paradise]

Will Smith is also addressing the way America’s overall obsession with gun culture is leading to many early deaths in the Black community.

The problem is not 'America's overall obsession with gun culture".

The problem is violent crime in the black community. Violence that is glamorized by million dollar moguls in the rap music industry. Rap 'stars' boasting (sometimes fraudulently) about the number of times they 'got shot' and 'have been locked up'.

[EEGator]

“It’s been rough for me trying to find my position in the struggle and where my voice is needed and helpful,” he told Esquire. “You know, I grew up in Philadelphia, and Philadelphia has a really rough police-brutality history. I grew up in a neighborhood where it was very clear that the police were ‘them’ and we were ‘us.’ ”

The city is worse now, not due to cops but ____ ____.

[a fool in paradise]

“I’ve always been telling my sons, ‘We have to separate fault from responsibility,’” he said. “Whose fault it is that Black men are in this situation, whose fault it is doesn’t matter. It’s our responsibility to make it go right. It’s our responsibility. It’s a lot of people’s fault, systemic racism, and it’s a lot of people’s fault that the Black community is in the situation that we’re in, but it’s our responsibility to clean up the mess.”

If there was systemic racism in America, he would not have become a top box-office star. Who's holding you back???

[reg45]

The “fault” is easy to see - two hundred years of Democrats.

[Redbob]

“Gets candid”

Is that thug-speak for “flaps his gums?”

I think I’ll wait until someone with an original thought speaks before reading further.

[dfwgator]

Meanwhile, DJ Jazzy Jeff is going, “Hey, what about me?”

[dfwgator]

“I’ve always been telling my sons, ‘We have to separate fault from responsibility,’” he said. “Whose fault it is that Black men are in this situation, whose fault it is doesn’t matter. It’s our responsibility to make it go right. It’s our responsibility. It’s a lot of people’s fault, systemic racism, and it’s a lot of people’s fault that the Black community is in the situation that we’re in, but it’s our responsibility to clean up the mess.”

Parents just don't understand.

[Fledermaus]

He’s a douchebag.

[dowcaet]

As an American of color myself I’m continually amazed that Black people still don’t get it. They want to blame America’s “gun” culture for their problems. Explain then why Asian Americans and second and third generation Hispanic Americans are not plagued by gun violence and problems with law enforcement. Those two groups value education and intact family units with a father and mother present in the same household. Such simple concepts but completely missing in most Black communities in this country. This isn’t rocket science. Until Blacks accept the fact they are their own worst enemies, and also their own solution to their internal problems as a people, they will continue to lag behind all Americans in overall economic and personal success and happiness.

[x]

I’d be wondering when Will Smith finally “jumped the shark” into irrelevance and obscurity, but that expression has already “jumped the shark” itself, leaving we wordless ...

[IronJack]

I’ve always admired Will Smith and respected him as a natural acting and comedic talent. But I value his view on guns about as much as his opinion on quantum physics. In all probability, he knows bupkus about either.

[ought-six]

I don’t think I’ve ever even seen this guy in a movie. Wait: that sci-fi movie about the Martians blowing up Washington, D.C.; I did see that. Stupid movie, but I did kind of enjoy seeing D.C. get its due.

[vpintheak]

To the left of things no doubt. But he at least sounds correct in telling his kids that it’s up to them.
His kids are freaky-weird though, so...

[minnesota_bound]

Will Smith net worth $240 millions and counting.
I wish I were treated as poorly as he is.....

He has a freaky wife and 2 weird kids.

[Sgt_Schultze]

“What we’re really talking about in this issue is people walking around the street with guns that can make a decision whether or not they’re going to kill someone, right,” he continued. “And that’s even more difficult, because there’s really no way back from that.

It's really only a big problem in democrat majority districts.

[Red in Blue PA]

Black culture is responsible for the black deaths in this country.

The gun culture is at the range shooting peacefully.