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1 posted on 01/29/2016 7:10:43 AM PST by Kaslin
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Didn’t the Supreme Court recently rule against affirmative action?


2 posted on 01/29/2016 7:13:12 AM PST by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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Suggestion:

Affirmative Action Oscar — for someone or something black.


3 posted on 01/29/2016 7:16:22 AM PST by TomGuy
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Some guy wrote an article a few weeks ago where he compiled all the black Oscar winners and nominees from the past 20 years and it came in at 16% which is higher than the percentage of blacks in the US population which is 13% while Hispanic and Asian actors are almost never nominated much less win. Conclusion: Will Smith and his beard Jada are millionaire cry babies because they feel their arses aren’t being kissed enough, although I’m sure Will would prefer it be kissed by a man.

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/alexis-arquette-calls-gay-jada-smith-article-1.2502091


4 posted on 01/29/2016 7:16:27 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (Can we please kill the guy already who invented the saying "My bad"?)
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They absolutely need quotas.

Hoist the Hollywood libs on their own petard.

Poor White Leo. He is really campaigning this season. Even stooped to visit the Pope about climate change


6 posted on 01/29/2016 7:19:24 AM PST by RummyChick
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Every other business has them.


7 posted on 01/29/2016 7:19:35 AM PST by <1/1,000,000th%
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Of course they need quotas.

It’s another way they can become more meaningless.

The fact that this is even being considered shows how ridiculous things have become.

Why not just hand out Oscars for participating like they do now in some sports leagues for children.

Then EVERYBODY can go home happy.

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8 posted on 01/29/2016 7:22:32 AM PST by Mears
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i have a better question: do the oscars even matter?


10 posted on 01/29/2016 7:28:39 AM PST by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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We need a quota of short balding overweight older White guys in the NBA. Last I looked there wasn’t a one of them! The bias!


11 posted on 01/29/2016 7:32:05 AM PST by RU88 (Bow to no man)
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This industry lives to cry for the oppressed.

All the whining and complaining about the "lack of color" at the Oscars epitomizes the darkness and vacuity of modern liberalism.

For liberals, the glass is always half empty. Despite numerous black actors, directors, and filmmakers making tons of money, they're never satisfied. Many white liberals are joining their black brethren in protesting this awful "injustice" of some people with dark skin not getting a hunk of shiny metal.

Meanwhile, many of those protesters live lives better than the kings and queens of old. But because one year some people who resembled them aren't going to get a hunk of shiny metal, the U.S. is just a nasty, racist hellhole.

I think all liberals should be given a mental examination. I don't know if they can be helped, but maybe some could be locked away before they can do more damage.

12 posted on 01/29/2016 7:32:25 AM PST by driftless2 (For long term happiness, learn how to play the accordion)
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Yes to make them even more irrelevant than they are. Add a Participation category. Everyone who had anything to do with a movie gets a statue. That includes the concession stand and box office employees.


13 posted on 01/29/2016 7:36:07 AM PST by joshua c (Please dont feed the liberals)
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They already have the quotas! The Hollywood Cesspool is what it is. Every kind of freak that can be thought of.


14 posted on 01/29/2016 7:45:57 AM PST by Busko (The only thing that is certain is that nothing is certain.)
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A better question...

Does America need Oscars?


15 posted on 01/29/2016 7:51:52 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Falcon 105)
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For the next 10 years, only Asians should win.


16 posted on 01/29/2016 7:53:08 AM PST by Yaelle
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Yes , then maybe a good movie can get one


17 posted on 01/29/2016 7:53:17 AM PST by butlerweave
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To make up for the injustice and inequality of the past decades, all nominees going forward should be black and or “transgendered”. And only blacks should be in movies. All Hollywood progressives should be onboard.


18 posted on 01/29/2016 7:56:30 AM PST by all the best
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Just have a Black Oscars and Latino Oscars, problem solved.


19 posted on 01/29/2016 7:58:07 AM PST by dfwgator
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Of course the Oscars should have quotas - heck, that’s not going anywhere near far enough: every movie they make, no matter what the topic, should have quotas as well, and not just for actors, but also for directors, producers, cameramen, best boys, key grips - the whole shooting match. From now on, 12% blacks, 51% females, 1% muslims, 2% homosexuals, 0.1% trannies, whatever % Asians, etc, etc, no matter what the subject matter, no matter what the historical context, no matter what the time period, no matter what the literary source.

Can’t have Hollyweird going half-way when it comes to fairness.


21 posted on 01/29/2016 8:16:28 AM PST by Stosh
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Aww, poor oppressed millionaires.
23 posted on 01/29/2016 8:43:03 AM PST by Trillian
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They used to hand out separate “Best Art Direction” and “Best Cinematography” Oscars for black & white and color films. They discontinued the practice for black & white in the early 60’s once color became predominant. I suggest they bring back the separate categories and use them for “best black actor/actress”. That way the tokenism will be all the more apparent.


24 posted on 01/29/2016 8:50:31 AM PST by Sans-Culotte (''Political correctness is communist propaganda writ small''~ Theodore Dalrymple)
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The Oscars need to break their bad habits. They’ve been favoring certain types of performances for ages, making them incredibly predictable, and usually wrong. If they could get over their addiction to “tragic” characters it would not only spread out better in the races, but you might actually see the best performances getting the award for a change.


25 posted on 01/29/2016 8:54:02 AM PST by discostu (This is a different kind of flying... all together.)
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