Oscars 2022: In Defense of Black Women

Danielle Moodie
ZORA
Published in
4 min readMar 28, 2022

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If you don’t recognize the disrespect here, there and everywhere, then you are part of the problem.

Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith and Chris Rock

Six decades ago, Malcolm X stood before a crowd in Los Angeles, California and gave one of his most provocative speeches — a defense of Black women. “The most disrespected person in America is the Black woman. The most unprotected person in America is the Black woman. The most neglected person in…

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Danielle Moodie
ZORA
Writer for

is the host of #WokeAF Daily & co-host of the podcast #democracyish. She covers all the news and happenings at the intersection of politics and pop culture.