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Black activists who have attacked the 2016 Oscars awards for being too white ignore the fact that there are hundreds, if not thousands, of blacks-only organizations all across America dedicated exclusively to promoting black entertainment, music, professions, recreation, education, and even beauty pageants.

Even more bizarrely, the allegation that the Oscars are too white ignores the fact that the award process is controlled by Hollywood insidersthe vast majority of whom are Jewish liberals who are on the far left of the political spectrumand the most pro-black, as their film output demonstrates year after year.

Cheryl Boone Isaacs, the black head of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scienceswhich runs the Oscarssaid she was going to take action to alter the make-up of the organizations membership after producer Spike Lee said he was going to boycott the 2016 awards because it was lily white.

Lee was joined in his protest by actress Jada Pinkett Smith, wife of black actor Will Smith.

Leemost infamous for his vicious anti-white films such as Malcolm X and CSA: Confederate States of Americais possibly the most hypocritical of all.

Lees first college was the all-black, all-male, Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, where alumni include Martin Luther King, Jr. Somehow, Lee did not have a problem attending that racially-exclusive educational institutionbecause it was for blacks only, no doubt.

Even more hypocritically, Lee has won awards from two blacks-only movie organizations. The Black Reel Awards (set up to annually recognize and celebrate the achievements of black people in feature, independent, and television films) awarded several prizes for his Love and Basketball film.

Lee also won prizes from the Black Movie Awards (BMA)an annual ceremony held to recognize achievements of black film actors and films that stand out in their portrayal of Black experience.

The BMA was founded in 1997, with an inaugural event at the American Black Film Festival (ABFF), which is a four-day event dedicated to bringing awareness of entertainment content made by and about people of African descent to a worldwide audience.

Once again, Lee seems to have no trouble at all with all these blacks-only and whites-not-allowed/welcome organizationsbut seems to have a serious problem with Hollywood, which hasfor the first time in many yearsnot nominated a black actor or film producer for an Oscar.


I know .. I know this is a long rant but the Hypocrisy here is ridiculous.


This hypocrisy is not limited to the acting world, however.

No one, for example, complains about the blacks-only Black Entertainment Television (BET), a cable and satellite television channel (owned by the BET Networks division of Viacom) which specifically targets black audiencesand exclusively uses black actors, producers, directors etc.such as Pinkett Smith and Lee.

Also, no one seems to object to the National Black Farmers Association, the National Black Law Students Association, the National Black MBA Association, the National Black Nurses Association, the National Black Police Association, the National Conference of Black Lawyers, the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers, the National Organization of Black Women in Law Enforcement, the National Society of Black Engineers, the National Association for Black Veterans, the National Association of Black Accountants, the National Association of Black Geologists and Geophysicists, the National Association of Black Journalists, the National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice, the National Bar Association, the National Black Chamber of Commerce, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the National Action Network, the National Afro-American League, the National Alliance of Black School Educators, the National Black Justice Coalition, the Miss Black America competition, the Miss Black USA competition, and many, many more.


Of course, if any white person had dared to form even one of these organizations listed above, and called it, for example, the National Association of Whites in Criminal Justice, the controlled mediaand doubtless people like Pinkett-Smith and Leewould have been among the first to attack them as racists.

Yet the double standard to which all white people are held, still reigns supreme: all ethnic groups are allowed to organize on racial groundsexcept whites.

The fake flare-up over the Oscars is but one more symptom of this knee-jerkand controlled media endorsedanti-white campaign.
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I know we have grown up in a more accepting time, but why don't people ever understand that minorities (blacks in particular) usually haven't been and aren't represented in the same way whites have been and are? For a race of people that have been oppressed for so long and are still not treated totally equal, are we really going to scream "hypocrisy" when they want to have some things for themselves? It helps them come together and to have a voice. Whites don't need it and never have. It would be great to get to a point where they don't need these other channels/sites, but I don't think we are there yet.
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That whole thing is ridiculous. Can you think of any blockbusters in the past year that had an African-American main character? I can't. It has nothing to do with race. It's just how the movie scene has been the past few years. People are acting as if black people have never received academy awards before. Just to prove my point, here's a list of academy awards received by African-American actors:


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This whole thing is really silly to be quite honest. MrTechnicalDifficult said it flat out and it is the honest truth.

Not to sound racist, but Caucasian people do not complain and boycott the NBA when Lebron James, Shaq, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, all of these well know athletes win all of these awards and are given MVP. Its just how the game goes.

No matter their skin color, everyone who is being paid millions of dollars a year is obviously good at what they do and it should not be a contest of what race does what better.
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OMP wrote Can you think of any blockbusters in the past year that had an African-American main character? I can't.


Eh, I agree with the general sentiment, but a lot of black actors have been completely overlooked from 2015 [I'm not saying the reason is racism.]

Star Wars, arguably the biggest film of 2015 had a black main character.
The Hateful Eight had Samuel L. Jackson turn in an extremely Oscar worthy performance, alongside white actor Walton Goggins.
It is an absolute travesty that neither of them have been nominated.
Creed, which I haven't seen, has a black main character, yet the only person nominated in that film was Sylvester Stallone, a white man.
Will Smith's film Concussion also had a very good response from critics, yet there is no nomination for his performance.
Straight Outta Compton had a plethora of black actors in it, all providing great performances, yet the only two people nominated for Oscars in the production of that movie were white, the writers.

I'm undecided on whether or not racism is involved, given that the academy is run by a bunch of old white men I wouldn't be surprised if it was.

I just find other reasons to be annoyed at them.
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I think the whole thing is just ridiculous. They are just trying to start an uproar. I think they should all settle down.
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just a bunch of pissed of white people lol.
i didn't really care about the oscars to begin with but everyone's just giving really poor reasons to why this idea is stupid. Black people deserve more shine in the media
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This is such a ridiculous, bullshit thing to complain about. It takes skill to be an actor. Actors get picked on how well they... act.
If you are not good at acting out situations in movies, well I don't think you will get picked. It just seems that the white race seems to be better at being an actor. I know African Americans that are very good actors, understanding they don't get picked doesn't mean they aren't good.

Kinda like the NBA, you get picked on a team for how well you play basketball. The majority of the NBA is black. They are good at the sport. White people still play basketball in the tryouts but don't get picked as often, tho they may be good, the judges look for certain aspects.
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SRT wrote This whole thing is really silly to be quite honest. MrTechnicalDifficult said it flat out and it is the honest truth.

Not to sound racist, but Caucasian people do not complain and boycott the NBA when Lebron James, Shaq, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, all of these well know athletes win all of these awards and are given MVP. Its just how the game goes.

No matter their skin color, everyone who is being paid millions of dollars a year is obviously good at what they do and it should not be a contest of what race does what better.


Well said! If you check my comment, it's like the same thing.
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OMP wrote Can you think of any blockbusters in the past year that had an African-American main character? I can't.


Eh, I agree with the general sentiment, but a lot of black actors have been completely overlooked from 2015 [I'm not saying the reason is racism.]

Star Wars, arguably the biggest film of 2015 had a black main character.
The Hateful Eight had Samuel L. Jackson turn in an extremely Oscar worthy performance, alongside white actor Walton Goggins.
It is an absolute travesty that neither of them have been nominated.
Creed, which I haven't seen, has a black main character, yet the only person nominated in that film was Sylvester Stallone, a white man.
Will Smith's film Concussion also had a very good response from critics, yet there is no nomination for his performance.
Straight Outta Compton had a plethora of black actors in it, all providing great performances, yet the only two people nominated for Oscars in the production of that movie were white, the writers.

I'm undecided on whether or not racism is involved, given that the academy is run by a bunch of old white men I wouldn't be surprised if it was.

I just find other reasons to be annoyed at them.


Most of the movies you've listed do not pertain to the most popular genres among America. I love NWA. I always have since the 90's but I don't think any actor from that movie deserves an Academy Award. I haven't heard of most of these movies. Star Wars was fantastic. It wasn't the greatest but it was good. Academy Awards are for the best of the best. It's not a freakin charity. We didn't stop watching basketball because African-American's essentially took over the sport.
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