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Academy President Pledges ‘Big Changes’ to Fix White Oscars Problem
Breitbart ^ | January 18, 2016 | Daniel Nussbaum

Posted on 01/19/2016 7:37:06 AM PST by C19fan

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) president Cheryl Boone Isaacs said Monday she was “heartbroken” after the organization behind the Academy Awards nominated exclusively white actors in top acting acting categories for a second straight year, and vowed “big changes” were in store to combat what some critics call a major diversity problem at Hollywood’s biggest night.

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TOPICS: Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: diversity; oscars; race
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I bet the Academy will add more nomination slots to the acting roles.
1 posted on 01/19/2016 7:37:06 AM PST by C19fan
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To: C19fan

Academy Affirmative Action?

Will it make the movies better?


2 posted on 01/19/2016 7:38:42 AM PST by IncPen (There is not one single patriot in Washington, DC.)
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To: C19fan

Quotas, as opposed to merit.

Liberalism strikes again.


3 posted on 01/19/2016 7:38:52 AM PST by Arm_Bears (I'll have what the gentleman on the floor is drinking.)
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To: C19fan

Patheric. Quota for everything.


4 posted on 01/19/2016 7:38:53 AM PST by MNJohnnie ( Tyranny, like Hell, is not easily conquered)
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To: C19fan

#blackactorsmatter


5 posted on 01/19/2016 7:39:20 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: C19fan

As if any awards carry much prestige to them anyway, enter affirmative action Oscars.


6 posted on 01/19/2016 7:39:22 AM PST by diverteach (If I find liberals in heaven after my death.....I WILL BE PISSED!!!)
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To: C19fan

Give them their own special category.


7 posted on 01/19/2016 7:39:35 AM PST by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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To: C19fan

They need to establish a quota of at least 40%...just like in commercials.


8 posted on 01/19/2016 7:39:46 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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Why don’t they just have Best Black Actor/Best Black Actress/Best Black Motion Picture, happy now?


9 posted on 01/19/2016 7:40:03 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: C19fan

I stop going to movies years ago.


10 posted on 01/19/2016 7:40:48 AM PST by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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To: C19fan

Just have Black Academy Awards.

They already have the Latin Grammys. So there is a precedent.


11 posted on 01/19/2016 7:40:49 AM PST by dfwgator
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Why don’t we see the make up of the people who voted? That would give a clearer picture of this issue.


12 posted on 01/19/2016 7:41:26 AM PST by IllumiNaughtyByNature (Trump/Cruz 2016 or the other way around.)
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Academy President Pledges ‘Big Changes’ to Fix White Oscars Problem

Yah! More quotas and more tokens!

13 posted on 01/19/2016 7:41:32 AM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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...to be quickly followed by Oscar quotas for LGBT (and whatever other letters) actors and actresses.


14 posted on 01/19/2016 7:41:46 AM PST by GreenHornet
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“happy now?”

I’m afraid they never will be.


15 posted on 01/19/2016 7:42:10 AM PST by V_TWIN
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To: GreenHornet

Of course the Latinos will start whining too.


16 posted on 01/19/2016 7:42:15 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: CaptainK

They’ve already got the BET awards :P


17 posted on 01/19/2016 7:42:23 AM PST by Boogieman
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I think they should start an organization called Black Oscars Matter and stage a takeover of the Oscars while they are live.

That will show the committee.


18 posted on 01/19/2016 7:42:35 AM PST by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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Ah, quota Oscars.

Seems reasonable, given our no talent quota president.


19 posted on 01/19/2016 7:42:37 AM PST by Da Coyote
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To: Verginius Rufus

A point re over representation of blacks in U. S. commercials.

There’s a reason for this. Studies have been done on race of actors in commercials. Whites don’t care about race. Black or Asian. Commercials are equally effective. But black people do. They are more likely to buy products marketed with black actors.

So no loss to out blacks in the commercials. That’s why they are over represented.

The more you know...


20 posted on 01/19/2016 7:43:15 AM PST by TigerClaws
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