Jodie Turner-Smith 's husband Joshua Jackson calls out the racist and toxic reactions his wife received after she proposed to him, HuffPost reports . In an interview with Refinery29, Jackson revealed that Turner-Smith was the target of disturbing comments after the two announced their engagement. “The way people get in her comments and the ignorance and ugliness that comes her way is truly shocking,” he said. “And it has been a necessary, but an unpleasant education in just the way people relate to Black bodies in general, but Black female bodies in specific. It is not okay. We have a long way to go.” Jackson went on to detail how he got engaged to the Queen and Slim actress. “She has a biological father and a stepdad, who’s the man who raised her. [I said], ‘You have to give me the opportunity to ask both of those men for your hand in marriage,’” he continued. “And then, I would like the opportunity to re-propose those to you and do it the old-fashioned way down on bended knee. So,...
