Posted on 01/27/2016 5:57:19 PM PST by Libloather
President Obama on Wednesday said movies will be better if they represent everyone's stories, for the first time weighing in on the lack of black nominees at the Oscars.
"I think that California is an example of the incredible diversity of this country," Obama said during a series of interviews with local news stations. "That's a strength. I think that when everyone's story is told then that makes for better art."
"It makes for better entertainment it makes everybody feel part of one American family, so I think as a whole the industry should do what every other industry should do which is to look for talent, provide opportunity to everybody. And I think the Oscar debate is really just an expression of this broader issue. Are we making sure that everybody is getting a fair shot?"
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has drawn heavy criticism due to the all-white cast of nominees for the acting categories in this year's Oscars. All 20 acting nominees are white men and women.
Academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs has vowed to address the issue, saying in a statement that the organization will be "taking dramatic steps to alter the makeup of our membership."
Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton also weighed in on the controvery on Wednesday, calling the reforms "long overdue."
"Just think of the great films that really display not just the diversity of America, but the diversity of the human experience," Clinton said, "and therefore the Academy has to catch up with our reality."
Obama needs to send more Syrians, Eritreans, Somalians, Hmong, etc. to California so our stories will be even more varied.
Post racial president..
Because, as usual, its all about Barry.
Does that apply to BET also?
I’m sure the nation was waiting with worms on their tongues
with “baited” breath for His Arrogance to weigh in on another
trivial matter demanding his “god like” advice.
media whore. sticks his nose into every little thing.
As long as people put up with BLATANT RACISM it will continue.
What happened to diversity programs?
Do they really want an affirmative action award?
/S
Clinton said, “and therefore the Academy has to catch up with our reality.”...
what, what the @#$@#$ does that even mean? what reality?
how come i never understand what the @#$ dems are talking about?
the reality is they’re 13 percent of the population, so of course there are going to be years none are nominated.
How about ethnicity? let’s break it down into 200 ethnicities and make sure EVERYONE is represented exactly proportionately to their percentage of population.
I believe that Hollywood needs to be responsible and listen to the voice of their president.
Next year they need to nominate the new Michael Jackson biopic starring some white guy.
He just can’t resist any excuse to fan the flames of victimhood; real, imagined, perceived or deliberately fabricated; it doesn’t really seem to matter which, to the manchild presidente
Good God! The Academy Awards go out of their way to be politically correct, they have made black and hispanic mega stars.
And Obama and Hilary just reflexively accuse them of racism, all these liberals?
And Obama even uses California, a state turned hispanic by illegal immigrants, as the great example of “diversity”.
diversity has caused nothing but problems today.
Areas where people do not mix, areas where police don’t go. Gangs.
Then was that great diversity when muslims killed recruiters, people in CA, FT Hood and the list is endless.
How great this diversity is where Somali’s have refused to serve Americans due to their so called religion, where some have gone off to join the fight against us?
This whole diversity is so good that the elitist who force it on us do not live in South Central or Hispanic areas where violence is rife, or even areas where neighbors n a street speak 15 different languages, no one mixes, different religions, values, customs and never assimilate into the West.
The Hollyweirdos were the ones who foisted the Lyin’ King on us.
I can’t express the thrill of Schadenfreude I am experiencing as he stabs them in the back! LOLOLOLOLOLOL
12% of the population and yet have their own awards, schools college funds events etc. They appear in over 90% of the local news channels around the country , well over 50% of the AD;s we see in TV.
Oh they are well represented because of the self hating guilt ridden white people.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2016/01/film-and-race
The Black Oscar crap is just that, crap, this article proves that the representation over the last several years is really close to national demographics.
Well, he was chosen because of his color and not for his qualifications.
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