Posted on 01/18/2016 10:59:55 AM PST by Cecily
Spike Lee has said that he and his wife will not attend the Academy Awards ceremony next month, citing the lack of racial diversity among the nominees in all four acting categories for a second year in a row.
The outspoken filmmaker of "Do the Right Thing" and "Malcolm X" was a recipient of an honorary Oscar in November, and he was expected to attend Hollywood's biggest night at the Dolby Theatre in February.
On Monday, Lee asked on his Instagram account: "how is it possible for the 2nd consecutive year all 20 contenders in the acting category are all white?"
He added: "For too many years when the Oscars nominations are revealed, my office phone rings off the hook with the media asking me my opinion about the lack of African-Americans and this year was no different."
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Now if only Chris Rock, Will Smith, and the rest boycotted. What a bunch of babies. I’d like to know the percentage of whites who get nominated for the NAACP awards.
Go Spike.....Expose those liberals as the racists they really are.
Maybe if they would stop making movies about slavery and garbage like that they would actually get NOMINATED. Let’s see, any black person who is in a movie it always ends up being some sort of slave movie or some anti white garbage. Produce something GOOD and people will watch
No one wants to see movies involving angry black people Spick. err I mean Spike....
No one owes you an award, go out and earn it you little racist thug.
Nobody effin cares.
Will anyone notice?
Well, I’m boycotting it too because....liberalism.
Will be boycott the NFL 70% or the NBA 75% (negros)? Just askin...
Well spike, you can’t always substitute diversity for stupidity. Sometimes IQ matters; this ain’t basketball.
Such as the movie “War Room” from last year. It was a great movie. It had strong religious themes and an almost all black cast. Yet the fact that the main characters were black was incidental to the storyline. It was definitely not some anti white screed or dealing with slavery or civil rights or any of that.
Well that's what they teach at.....Black Acting School
plus his black followers cant afford to go to a movie....just like a large % of the remainder of America
Blacks are 13 percent of the population but damn it they deserve to have every role..especially over whitey
When the academy starts doing affirmative action with nominations, and they will, the awards will become even more meaningless.
How about a “Token Black Award” would you like that
I’m going to assume he didn’t protest the BET awards for the same reason.
Who?
Boycotting what?
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