The diversity pimps are whining, but they ought to get a clue that when people vote, they have a choice. Government loves to pick and choose winners, and the various interest groups, be they racial lobbys, gay lobbys, women lobbys or other lobbys, do influence government and game the system.
For example, Ivy League universities have rolled over and decided that they DO NOT want to attract only the best and the brightest, but instead will carve out a special accommodation for the less bright and the less accomplished, unless they are white or Asian, in which case those applicants can take a seat behind those who are substantially below the standard. The net result is a lowering of the overall performance of the University. Forgive me for being so selfish, but I really would prefer that my doctor be the best prepared and the brightest, not a recipient of academic charity due to his or her ethnicity.
Some groups actually think they are entitled to special benefits because of their ethnicity, or their gender, or their sexual orientation, and government has frequently acquiesced and discriminated against the best to accommodate these interest groups. On the other hand, in areas such as professional sports, it is quite common to see a professional basketball team or football team that consists of 75% African Americans, and no one is crying “discrimination” or “unfair,” even if the overall U.S. population is only 12% black.
The assumption is that the players earned their right to be a part of the team, and so that team makeup is accepted and no one demands that a less talented player displace a more talented one because there are not “enough” white players on the team.
Academy Awards discrimination, page 2:
Who is he? Demands? Better get better known first!!
Selfishness tearing down this country
Why not….we have people in jobs they don’t deserve, getting money they haven’t earned….it’s no stretch….if they can’t compete with DiCaprio and win, gimme em an affirmative action…I’m sure no one would mind….’Selma’ “star” wasn’t snubbed….he just….sucked. That’s the way it works….
Of course.
F**k it. Give each and every actor an Oscar. They aren’t worth a$#%&!@*anyway.
Selma had shitty
Sorry about your luck. Maybe there were more talented people than you. Do you think?
I lived it too and I felt this was a racist movie so I skipped into I lived in deep south when all this happened
I don’t see how every “black” in the oscars didn’t win at least something…after all they are the BEST at acting as victims all their lazy lives!
They don’t want equality they want favoritism. Oscar’s are awarded and judged on the merit of the work product not on the color of your skin.The Academy president is black. The host of the Oscars is black. They are the only ones that seems to be racist. Interesting, no mention the BET awards, black history month, United$#%&!@*college fund, black Miss America pageant. if you’re not black you’re excluded.Enough is enough!