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Lifer
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"We have to make up our minds. Either we want to have segregation or integration, and if we don't want segregation, then we have to get rid of channels like BET and the BET Awards and the Image Awards, where you're only awarded if you're black," Dash said. "If it were the other way around, we would be up in arms. It's a double standard."
What would you do if you found out that the people who decide nominations were taking NFL money to shun Concussion?If Smith had won the oscar for Concussion it would have started a chain reaction that would ultimately lead to the disbanding of the NFL. The NFL can't allow that, can they? Once jada realizes what REALLY happened will she boycott pro football?
then we have to get rid of channels like BET and the BET Awards and the Image Awards, where you're only awarded if you're black
Maybe Will Smith should have done better in Concussion then. Not a bad movie btw (all football fans should see it), just not an Oscar-worthy performance.
That is true, partially. White people are awarded some awards on the BET awards. Very few, and not every year. I believe Sam Smith won best new artist, we watched it. Do you see complaints that not enough white people are nominated for it? Do you see a white miss America pageant? No. What do you think would happen if there was? Her argument is valid, having segregated channels/etc, then complaining about segregation is stupid.
The main basis of her complaint is that no black people were nominated, and others claiming the same thing. They want black people nominated no matter if they deserve it or not. Not once did they mention merit. Who does Jada think her husband performed better than? From the ones who did get nominated I can't see one. Smith has been nominated for an Academy award multiple times before too.
British actress and first-time Academy Award nominee Charlotte Rampling said in a radio interview on Friday the boycott of the Oscars protesting the absence of black actors and directors is racist towards whites.
In the interview, Rampling was asked by a France-based Europe 1 journalist if she felt African-American director Spike Lee was right to pledge to boycott the Oscars over the absence of blacks among the nominees.
"No, I find to the contrary, that it's racist toward whites," said Rampling, who is nominated for her role in the British drama "45 Years."
When asked to elaborate, Rampling said "one can never really know," but that "perhaps sometimes black actors have not earned a place in the final running."
That is true, partially. White people are awarded some awards on the BET awards. Very few, and not every year. I believe Sam Smith won best new artist, we watched it. Do you see complaints that not enough white people are nominated for it? Do you see a white miss America pageant? No. What do you think would happen if there was? Her argument is valid, having segregated channels/etc, then complaining about segregation is stupid.