Al Sharpton is raising hell over the whiteout at this years Academy Awards. He’s right, but for some reason we feel like he’s just setting himself up for another check . Via NY Daily News reports: The Rev. Al Sharpton thinks the Oscars should be nominated for a prize itself: worst display of diversity in a major awards ceremony. The outspoken civil rights activist said Thursday that it was “appallingly insulting in the year of 2015″ that the 20 Academy Awards acting nominations went only to white actors and actresses. “In the time of Staten Island and Ferguson, to have one of the most shutout Oscar nights in recent memory is something that is incongruous,” Sharpton told The News. The list of Oscar nominations, announced early Thursday morning, was bashed for the lack of diversity in most major categories. The slate marked only the second time since 2000 that no black actors or actresses were nominated. Among the most notable snubs was David Oyelowo, who was widely praised for his portrayal as the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in “Selma,” but was not nominated in the best actor category, and Ava DuVernay, who directed the same movie, but was not nominated for best director. DuVernay would have made history by having been the first African-American woman nominated in the category. Sharpton, who says he’ll meet next week with allies and colleagues to discuss “potential actions” before or during the nationally televised Feb. 22 award ceremony, was quick to point out the irony of the “Selma” double-snub. “The only category we’re well represented is in the best picture nomination and it’s a movie about blacks being shut out of society,” he said, noting that the film was nominated for the night’s highest honor. “And now we’re shut out of Hollywood.” Slow clap for Permed Up Al. He’s absolutely right. Yes Ava Duvernay was deserving, as was David Oyelowo. So what are we gonna do now Al? Time for a March on Hollywood? What plan of action does he have as a Black leader? Who should we boycott? What would MLK do in this situation? WENN
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Permed Up Al Raises Hell Over Oscar Nominations, “It’s Apallingly Insulting… In The Time Of Ferguson”
