22 January 2016

FROM THE COMMENTS:

"Not enough white people in basketball - goddamn those racist basketball team managers."
Is it time to bring "affirmative action" to the NBA?

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ASK A MEMBER OF THE CLUB:
“We have to make up our minds,” she said in a segment for Fox and Friends. “Either we want to have segregation or integration, and if we don’t want segregation, then we need to get rid of channels like BET (Black Entertainment Television) and the BET Awards and the Image Awards where you’re only awarded if you’re black.”
Someone actually said it... on a national television network, no less.

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RELATED: Spoiled Hollywood brats
Molen added that he doesn't know the racial make-up of the more than 6,000-member Academy, but it's a "stupid assumption" to presume a good number of white members aren't voting for black actors due to their skin color.

"In a liberal town like Hollywood, that makes about as much sense as saying all members of the Academy vote Republican."
Bravo.

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LAST WORD: Academy caves... goes with quota system
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences unveiled on Friday several dramatic changes in its structure and voting regulations in an effort to promote diversity. Its goal, the Academy said, is to double the number of women and diverse members of the Academy by 2020...
But of course.