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Protests planned for all-white Oscars
AFP ^ | Feb. 21, 2015 | Guillaume Meyer, AFP

Posted on 02/21/2015 9:49:21 AM PST by PROCON

Hollywood (United States) (AFP) - African-American civil rights groups plan to protest outside Sunday's Oscars show, where every single one of this year's 20 acting nominees is white.

However small, the demonstration will revive debate about diversity at the Oscars-awarding Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, whose voting members are overwhelmingly white and with an average age in their 60s.

"The goal of the protest is to send a message to the Academy, send a message to Hollywood, send a message to the film industry," said Earl Ofari Hutchinson, head of the LA Urban Policy Roundtable group.

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: oscars; racebaiters; racism
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To: FlingWingFlyer

“their”=there


21 posted on 02/21/2015 10:16:25 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Bush "hates black people" but don't you dare accuse Barry of not liking Americans!)
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To: PROCON

Those gold statuettes are bigots!

Ban Oscar racism now!


22 posted on 02/21/2015 10:22:58 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: PROCON

Celebrity Lives Matter


23 posted on 02/21/2015 10:23:52 AM PST by Eddie01 (Liberals lie about everything all the time.)
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To: PROCON

How many whites were nominated for BET awards?


24 posted on 02/21/2015 10:24:09 AM PST by Old Yeller (Civil rights are for civilized people.)
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To: PROCON
feh... /spit
25 posted on 02/21/2015 10:25:00 AM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

“Just what we need. As if Hollywood wasn’t bad enough now we will have affirmative action Oscars.”

Well, it isn’t as bad as affirmative action in medical schools. At least poor-quality movie can’t kill you.


26 posted on 02/21/2015 10:27:26 AM PST by vette6387
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To: PROCON
You've all heard of BET ( Black Entertainment Television )

Maybe the Oscars are WET ( White Entertainment Television ) /s

27 posted on 02/21/2015 10:27:43 AM PST by VideoDoctor
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To: NewHampshireDuo

“The name Oscar by itself is raciss”

Then by all means let us rename it the Tyrone.

Anyway, the occasion will be black radicals on the outside, white liberals inside.

The world’s biggest Oreo!

;^)


28 posted on 02/21/2015 10:30:41 AM PST by elcid1970 ("I: am a radicalized infidel.")
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To: PROCON

Good! I am all for it. White liberals and black thugs deserve each other.


29 posted on 02/21/2015 10:31:41 AM PST by forgotten man
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To: PROCON

Yeah, Gimme dat award fo me talent an achievements , or I riot an loot...


30 posted on 02/21/2015 10:31:43 AM PST by Quickgun (I got here kicking,screaming and covered in someone else's blood. I can go out that way if I have to)
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To: Teacher317
odd how there are no similar protests from Hispanics

Oh don't worry...that's coming

31 posted on 02/21/2015 10:31:57 AM PST by Regulator
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To: Dilbert San Diego
What exactly do sharpton and his.people want???

I believe the tactic is if you raise enough "hub-bub" that the people with MONEY will pay you and your organization to "go away" and "cool it."

Has anyone WHITE complained that there are far too many blacks on the field in the NFL or the NBA?

This is nothing more than Sharpton's "shake-down" tactics and business as usual for the gang of race baiting a$$holes seeking a PAYOUT... not equality.

32 posted on 02/21/2015 10:35:27 AM PST by VideoDoctor
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To: PROCON


33 posted on 02/21/2015 10:40:58 AM PST by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: PROCON
African-American civil rights groups plan to protest outside Sunday's Oscars show, where every single one of this year's 20 acting nominees is white.

If the n...... Afros can have their own history month, why not their own rastafarian? Have you ever met a black named oscar?

I agree with my blick bros, we need to protest, and burn down hollyweeds. Power to the peeps.

34 posted on 02/21/2015 10:42:38 AM PST by USS Alaska (Exterminate the terrorist savages, everywhere.)
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To: PROCON

Does anybody even watch the Oscars?


35 posted on 02/21/2015 10:43:20 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin
Does anybody even watch the Oscars?

I used to watch the Odd Couple.

36 posted on 02/21/2015 10:44:25 AM PST by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
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To: Old Yeller
When are whites going to protest Affirmative Action preferences?

It is beyond sad to me that most whites are so kowtowed about race they not only won't defend themselves but won't even defend their families or children. They act as if they deserve some sort of punishment for being white. The most defensive statement you generally hear from them is some type of weak kneed reaction like "I am not a racist" Going on offense? That is out of the questions even though it is being used successfully as a battering-ram to manipulate and destroy us.

37 posted on 02/21/2015 10:46:30 AM PST by Altura Ct.
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To: PROCON
We now are supposed to have Affirmative Action for the Oscars. What a screwed up racist ideal and idea. If a movie is good and people like it they it gets a award and the actors are individually identified for the parts the played and also recognized.

If it is dog shit bad then it is not recognized. Well the folks who do this identification, almost all liberals, did not find any "black" movies worth recognizing this year.

Nor did the people with their movie going dollars display a big liking to any black movies this year.

Time to get out the pooper scoopers and get on with the world of make believe.

38 posted on 02/21/2015 10:50:09 AM PST by oldenuff2no
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To: vette6387

LOL!


39 posted on 02/21/2015 10:52:11 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: PROCON

They’re whiter than sour cream!


40 posted on 02/21/2015 10:58:36 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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