Posted on 01/21/2016 10:20:42 AM PST by doldrumsforgop
Will Smith will be joining his wife Jada Pinkett Smith in boycotting the 88th Academy Awards over this year’s all-white acting nominees, the actor said on Thursday’s Good Morning America on ABC.
“My wife’s not going. It would be awkward for me to show up with Charlize [Theron],†Smith joked to Robin Roberts. “No, we’ve discussed it, and we’re a part of this community, but at this current time, we’re uncomfortable to stand there and say this is okay.â€
Pinkett Smith posted a video online last Sunday, in which she lamented the treatment of black actors in entertainment.
“Maybe it is time that we pull back our resources, and we put them back into our communities, into our programs, and we make programs for ourselves that acknowledge us in ways that we see fit that are just as good as the so-called mainstream ones,†she said.
The actress’s statement came following an announcement by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) that all 20 Oscar nominations in the four major acting categories had gone to white actors for the second consecutive year.
Smith, who many believed would pick up a nomination this year for his role in Concussion, was among those left off the ballot.
“I was out of the country at the time. And I came home, ‘What happened?’†Smith laughed on GMA, explaining that he was unaware of his wife’s plans to speak on the renewed controversy of diversity in the Oscars nominations. “She’s deeply passionate,
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Should whites be boycotting any NBA team that shows up on court with all blacks?
Same analogy. We look at talent, not race.
These guys only view through a racial prism.
Aww dang it all. Yeah assclowns, just stay home and count your money you earned for playing dress up.
More sad, stupid Obama legacy.
I hope Obama and his legacy will soon be erased from our memories after he’s gone. A dark chapter in American history.
Is someone of the few that watch this self-congratulatory industry masturbation going to miss him?
Diversity of skin color is one thing.
You cannot have diversity of cultures in a country and make it work.
Diversity = Affirmative action. Diversity = Weakness
I’m totally diversified. Have ignored the Oscars for 70 years and counting.
At some point...someone will bring up there’s only like three black guys in the NHL, and folks will freak out.
Why did they pick BET as a name for the all-black channel?
Because TNN was already taken.
What a dick-head!
So what? No skin off of my teeth and he is entitled to his opinion.
Ouch!
What we need is to establish new categories....Black, gay, transgender, Hispanic, Christian, Atheist, Muzzie.......cuz that’s what the sh** they are saying.
Some tranny called him out yesterday, said his marriage is a sham, that he’s gay and she is a les.
Here it is..........
I wonder what Will thinks of Trump now?
Donald Trump on “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu1gj010oa8
Okay - what happens when people boycott his movies? (not that any of them are any good) Or movies of his black peer’s?
“Diversity = Weakness”
Both Germany and Japan in WWII proved that in a big way that the way to strength is the absence of diversity, and they almost pulled it off in spite of taking on the entire rest of the world.
I have another way to phrase it :
Diversity = Unpatriotic
[eyeroll] If all the nominees in some category were black, would they still boycott?
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