Oscar Rage: NBCs Sharpton Demands Emergency Race Meeting
NBCs Al Sharpton, President Obamas go-to man on race and the ring-leader behind the Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown race hoaxes, is furious over the Oscar nominations and has called for an emergency meeting in Hollywood to address the issue.
The movie industry is like the Rocky Mountains, the higher you get, the whiter it gets, Americas top tax-cheat declared, I have called an emergency meeting early next week in Hollywood with the task force to discuss possible action around the Academy Awards.
Because Sharpton and Obama never fail to work in tandem, the President is hosting a White House screening of Selma Friday.
Much is being made of the fact that the not-very-good Civil Rights drama Selma received only two Oscar nominations: Best Song and Best Picture. Also, not a single one of the 20 Best Actor nomination slots went to a black actor.
As is always the case with Americas race-grifters, context is intentionally being excluded in this debate for the purposes of a shakedown.
Over the last 5 years, including this year, 10% of the Academy Oscar nominations have gone to black actors. This is almost perfectly in line with the 12.6% (averaged over 5 years) population of blacks in America. The race-grifters are also intentionally ignoring the fact that just last year, a mere 11 months ago, this very same Academy awarded 12 Years a Slave an Oscar for Best Picture. Moreover, over the past 5 years, no less than 7 films touching on racial issues have been nominated for Best Picture.
There is nothing I would enjoy more than to declare the mostly left-wing Motion Picture Academy racist. Personally, Im shocked Chadwick Boseman didnt earn a Best Actor nomination for his magnificent portrayal of James Brown in the biopic Get On Up. But