Oscars 2016: Academy Award nominee Charlotte Rampling calls diversity row 'racist to white people'

Yahoo ^ | 1/22/16

[Altura Ct.]

Charlotte Rampling has waded into the Oscars 2016 diversity row, claiming the debate is "racist to whites". The British actress, who received a best actress nod for her role in 45 Years, suggests that perhaps performances from the black actors snubbed from the nominations list were not good enough to be recognised.

Hollywood has been up in arms since the Academy Award nominations were announced on 14 January, with several black actors including Michael B Jordan, Idris Elba and Will Smith, failing to receive nominations despite putting on acclaimed performances. In an interview with French radio station Europe 1, Rampling said of the controversy: "It is racist to whites."

She added: "One can never really know, but perhaps the black actors did not deserve to make the final list. Why classify people? These days everyone is more or less accepted. People will always say: 'Him, he's less handsome'; 'Him, he's too black'; 'He is too white'... someone will always be saying 'You are too' [this or that]. But do we have to take from this that there should be lots of minorities everywhere?"

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“Affirmative action Oscars” invalidates the definition of the awards nominations as to honor the level of highest cinematic achievement

[Navy Patriot]

...the definition of the awards nominations as to honor the level of highest cinematic achievement

So that is the "definition" of the Academy Awards, ...now I know.

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