Post by Logan on Jan 19, 2016 21:20:01 GMT -6
Rev. Al Sharpton calls for national 'tune out' of Oscars telecast: 'It's a cultural insult'
The push for a boycott of next month's Academy Awards telecast is reaching its second act, with the Rev. Al Sharpton slamming the lack of diversity among the nominees as a “cultural insult.”
Sharpton’s National Action Network is joining the chorus calling for potential TV viewers to tune out of the Feb. 28 telecast to protest a second straight year in which not a single person of color was nominated for an acting Oscar.
“It reflects a 21st Century with 50-year-old culture,” the civil rights leader told the Daily News.
“This is a total exclusion of our talent and our abilities. Hollywood has become like the Rocky Mountains: the higher up you get, the whiter it is.”
Continued at www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/sharpton-oscars-lack-diversity-cultural-insult-article-1.2501697 .
The push for a boycott of next month's Academy Awards telecast is reaching its second act, with the Rev. Al Sharpton slamming the lack of diversity among the nominees as a “cultural insult.”
Sharpton’s National Action Network is joining the chorus calling for potential TV viewers to tune out of the Feb. 28 telecast to protest a second straight year in which not a single person of color was nominated for an acting Oscar.
“It reflects a 21st Century with 50-year-old culture,” the civil rights leader told the Daily News.
“This is a total exclusion of our talent and our abilities. Hollywood has become like the Rocky Mountains: the higher up you get, the whiter it is.”
Continued at www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/sharpton-oscars-lack-diversity-cultural-insult-article-1.2501697 .