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:
The BET awards – there are no whites, Hispanics, etc nominated – so I guess that is being a night too!
Black people expect to be given everything just because of there race thay don’t want to work hard to achieve there goals. Our government has created this out of control monster!
Double standers. They black awards.
When did the bet awards ever get awarded to a white???
Kind of like lowering standards so some people can pass
go get some talent , their is a show for you maybe you can win there. sick of the f—— race card.
Fuckin racist blacks
The African American Actors who have won Academy Awards (Oscars)
1939 Hattie McDaniel for Gone With the Wind
Best Supporting Actress
1963 Sidney Poitier for Lilies of the Field
Best Actor
1982 Louis Gossett, Jr. for An Officer and a Gentlemen
Best Supporting Actor
1989 Denzel Washington for Glory
Best Supporting Actor
1990 Whoopi Goldberg for Ghost
Best Supporting Actress
1996 Cuba Gooding, Jr. for Jerry Maguire
Best Supporting Actor
2001 Denzel Washington for Training Day
Best Actor
2001 Halle Berry for Monster’s Ball
Best Actress
2004 Jamie Foxx for Ray
Best Actor
2004 Morgan Freeman for Million Dollar Baby
Best Supporting Actor
2006 Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland
Best Actor
2006 Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls
Best Supporting Actress
2009 Mo’Nique for Precious
Best Supporting Actress
On the flip side of this page are the other 32 African Americans who have been Oscar nominated. To date, 44 African Americans have been nominated for (acting) Academy Awards.
Besides the 12 African Americans who have won Academy Awards (some of whom have been nominated more than once), the following 32 African Americans have also been nominated as actors.
1948 Ethel Waters for Pinky
1954 Dorothy Dandridge for Carmen Jones
1959 Juanita Moore for Imitation of Life
1967 Beah Richards for Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
1969 Rupert Crosse for The Reivers
1970 James Earl Jones for The Great White Hope
1972 Paul Winfield for Sounder
1972 Cicely Tyson for Sounder
1972 Diana Ross for Lady Sings the Blues
1974 Diahann Carroll for Claudine
1981 Howard Rollins for Ragtime
1983 Alfre Woodard for Cross Creek
1984 Adolph Caesar for A Soldier’s Story
1985 Oprah Winfrey for The Color Purple
1985 Margaret Avery for The Color Purple
1986 Dexter Gordon for Round Midnight
1992 Jaye Davidson for The Crying Game
1993 Laurence Fishburne for What’s Love Got to Do With It
1993 Angela Bassett for What’s Love Got to Do With It
1994 Samuel L. Jackson for Pulp Fiction
1996 Marianne Jean-Baptiste for Secrets & Lies
1999 Michael Clarke for The Green Mile
2001 Will Smith for Ali (and 2006 for The Pursuit of Happiness)
2002 Queen Latifah for Chicago
2003 Djimon Hounsou for In America (and 2006 for Blood Diamond)
2004 Don Cheadle for Hotel Rwanda
2004 Sophie Okonedo for Hotel Rwanda
2005 Terrence Howard for Hustle & Flow
2006 Eddie Murphy for Dreamgirls
2007 Ruby Dee for American Gangster
2008 Viola Davis for Doubt
2008 Taraji Henson for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
This list tells me that African Americans are getting the reconition for their performances. Maybe you should consider your reasoning and quit your crying and get out there and give us an Oscar performance
Why would you feel good about winning an award after behaving like this.
how many white actors win awards from BET?