“This incident should not be a springboard for proxy arguments in Hollywood circles about race, respectability and belonging,” David Oyelowo wrote in a column published Thursday David Oyelowo is sharing his thoughts on the incident at the Oscars involving Will Smith and Chris Rock, reflecting on race and equality. The Selma star, 46, wrote a guest column in The Hollywood Reporter on Thursday, in which he discussed his reaction to Smith …

  David Oyelowo worries that Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars “will have a negative effect on the ongoing push for inclusion” in Hollywood. The Selma actor wrote a guest column for The Hollywood Reporter on the “unfortunate” and “dramatic incident in which public opinion, politics and race collide.” While he, like many others, is “still processing” what …