The Hollywood RATS who criticize the right wing need to look in the mirror. Why did it take them so long? Let's see, who is it that judges people by merit, not by race? Is it the left or the right? What hypocrite pukes.
That's right, before tonight there were as many or more blacks in the President's inner circle on national security than there have been black winners of Best Actor or Actress in the history of the Oscars!
Well Doug, there is a question of the math. There's, what, 5 individual awards? There's about 250-300 films released a year. How many mainstream black actors are cast in those films as leads? The odds have always been against black actors winning both best male and female in the same year.
Then you could say there just aren't many good leads written for blacks because of Hollywood's racism, but then you need to factor in the black percentage of the population - about 12%, and realize movies are a business which needs to appeal to the widest audience.
I don't see Hollywood holding anyone back. If anything, they go out of their way to absolve themselves of their liberal guilt with every chance they get. Some of it good - some of it bad. My problem with Hollywood is the ungrateful unpatriotic and ignorant behavior of its denizens. Did you catch Kevin Spacey when he called the "...thousands who died...heroes"? Yes, we lost alot of cops and firemen, but he was referring to the mass of poor working slobs who were in the wrong place at the wrong time. They still don't understand the word. And where was reference to the Pentagon on the back of whoopie's jacket?
Hollywood can kiss my rear, I'm glad I'm no longer associated with those self-absorbed idiots.