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Al Sharpton to organize Oscars TV boycott (schadenfreude alert)
NY Post ^ | January 19, 2016 | David K. Li

Posted on 01/20/2016 6:10:49 AM PST by Zakeet

The Rev. Al Sharpton vowed Tuesday to organize a national "tune out" of the Oscars for its failure for the second year in a row to nominate a single black actor or director for an award.

Sharpton's National Action Network said it plans to work with activists and advocacy groups in hopes that Americans "will turn off anything that does not represent the broad cultural and diverse contributions of American entertainment."

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hollywood; msm; oscars; schadenfreude; sharpton; thugculture
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To: Hotlanta Mike
"They" do have their own BET Awards where Whitey can attend but is not eligible for awards.

Funny how old thing come back in style, meaning Separate But Equal.

21 posted on 01/20/2016 6:35:22 AM PST by TexasCajun (#BlackViolenceMatters)
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To: Zakeet

I might actually watch this year, just to see whether and how Chris Rock addresses the controversy.

I’m betting the organizers have found God and are praying that Rock joins the boycott. Having to bring in Doogie Howser, Space Nazi, to host again is MUCH less of a risk.


22 posted on 01/20/2016 6:36:57 AM PST by tanknetter
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To: Zakeet

YAWN


23 posted on 01/20/2016 6:37:18 AM PST by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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To: Zakeet

WHo even cares about the Oscars? It’s just Hollywood’s way of patting itself on the back. Meaningless for most of America.


24 posted on 01/20/2016 6:37:22 AM PST by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: Zakeet

Join the club, Al.

I’ve been boycotting the Oscars for decades.

So sick of their left-wing partisan drivel.


25 posted on 01/20/2016 6:40:09 AM PST by Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
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To: Zakeet

So now everyone is required to watch movies with black stars in them.......and like them.......a lot.


26 posted on 01/20/2016 6:49:40 AM PST by Aleya2Fairlie
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To: Zakeet

Witch fight, everyone wins!!


27 posted on 01/20/2016 6:51:16 AM PST by DungeonMaster
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To: Zakeet

I once had a landlord by the name of Oscar. He was a white man. Burned his own house, my rental, down one winter. He was trying to thaw frozen water pipes with a blow torch. Wasn’t long before all the pipes were thawed and the house was a smoldering ruin. That was my only experience with an Oscar.


28 posted on 01/20/2016 6:52:28 AM PST by lakecumberlandvet (APPEASEMENT NEVER WORKS.)
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To: All
Rats are seriously under represented at the Oscars. #Rodentslivesmatter


29 posted on 01/20/2016 6:55:17 AM PST by deoetdoctrinae (Donate monthly and end FReepathons.)
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To: Zakeet
Well.. Al has sniffed out ANOTHER opportunity to extort money from guilty white LIBERALS.

In this case, Jewish and Caucasian Hollywood.

"White Guilt Matters"

30 posted on 01/20/2016 6:59:33 AM PST by VideoDoctor
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To: raccoonradio
Congressman with 60% black district wants to join Congressional Black Caucus, but the bigots running that group say "no", because he is WHITE.
31 posted on 01/20/2016 6:59:38 AM PST by SoFloFreeper (Obama hates the three Cs: Christianity, Constitution, and capitalism.)
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To: Zakeet
a national "tune out" of the Oscars

Welcome to the party Al!

32 posted on 01/20/2016 7:26:25 AM PST by C19fan
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To: Zakeet

The last time the blacks threw a fit over the Oscars, the Academy wound up giving an Oscar to Whoopie Goldberg for Ghost.


33 posted on 01/20/2016 7:45:32 AM PST by sportutegrl
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To: sportutegrl

She was great in Ghost though.


34 posted on 01/20/2016 8:11:17 AM PST by Borges
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To: Zakeet
The Rev. Al Sharpton vowed Tuesday to organize a national "tune out" of the Oscars for its failure for the second year in a row to nominate a single black actor or director for an award.

Now this is a boycott I can get behind. Of course, I haven't watched the Oscars in years.

35 posted on 01/20/2016 8:12:37 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Zakeet

Didn’t he try that last year and it didn’t fly. They blamed it on the rain but...


36 posted on 01/20/2016 8:13:11 AM PST by uncitizen (False flag mass shootings are Americas Reichstag Fire)
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To: raccoonradio

The white movies that were nominated pretty much sucked.

Best Picture goes to a movie about a bear?!?!?! Really?!?!?!


37 posted on 01/20/2016 8:13:40 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Yes, let’s see just how liberal Clooney and DiCaprio really are, will they join the boycott in solidarity with their liberal black brothers?


38 posted on 01/20/2016 8:15:10 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

You do realize this boycott call is idiotic in the extreme right?


39 posted on 01/20/2016 8:15:55 AM PST by Borges
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To: C19fan

40 posted on 01/20/2016 8:16:06 AM PST by dfwgator
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