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Topic: Sharpton Calls For Emergency Meeting To Address 'Appalling'
alleoops Joined Sat 08/06/11 Posts: 10832	Thu 01/15/15 04:53 PM
Al Sharpton Calls For Emergency Meeting To Address 'Appalling' All-White Oscar Nominees The Rev. Al Sharpton was left fuming mad after the Oscars revealed its all-white list of nominees for this year's Oscar awards on Thursday. "The movie industry is like the Rocky Mountains, the higher you get, the whiter it gets," Sharpton quipped in a statement released later in the afternoon. Sharpton, a critic of the lack of diversity in Hollywood, also announced he was holding an "emergency meeting" next week to address the issue. "I have called an emergency meeting early next week in Hollywood with the task force to discuss possible action around the Academy Awards," he said. The prestigious awards ceremony was widely criticized after its nominees for best actor, best actress, and best director were all white. In the past two decades this has happened only one other time, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Sharpton praised the Oscars for nominating the civil-rights film "Selma" for best picture, but said it was "ironic" because the film is based on Dr. Martin Luther King's marches. Said Sharpton: "The lack of diversity in today's Oscar nominations is appalling and while it is good that Selma was nominated for 'Best Picture,' it's ironic that they nominated a story about the racial shutout around voting while there is a racial shutout around the Oscar nominations. With all of the talent in Selma and other Black movies this year, it is hard to believe that we have less diversity in the nominations today than in recent history."

metalwing Joined Fri 11/14/08 Posts: 26218	Thu 01/15/15 04:58 PM
Al Sharpton Calls For Emergency Meeting To Address 'Appalling' All-White Oscar Nominees The Rev. Al Sharpton was left fuming mad after the Oscars revealed its all-white list of nominees for this year's Oscar awards on Thursday. "The movie industry is like the Rocky Mountains, the higher you get, the whiter it gets," Sharpton quipped in a statement released later in the afternoon. Sharpton, a critic of the lack of diversity in Hollywood, also announced he was holding an "emergency meeting" next week to address the issue. "I have called an emergency meeting early next week in Hollywood with the task force to discuss possible action around the Academy Awards," he said. The prestigious awards ceremony was widely criticized after its nominees for best actor, best actress, and best director were all white. In the past two decades this has happened only one other time, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Sharpton praised the Oscars for nominating the civil-rights film "Selma" for best picture, but said it was "ironic" because the film is based on Dr. Martin Luther King's marches. Said Sharpton: "The lack of diversity in today's Oscar nominations is appalling and while it is good that Selma was nominated for 'Best Picture,' it's ironic that they nominated a story about the racial shutout around voting while there is a racial shutout around the Oscar nominations. With all of the talent in Selma and other Black movies this year, it is hard to believe that we have less diversity in the nominations today than in recent history." Whatever it takes to keep him in the new!

msharmony Joined Mon 08/31/09 Posts: 61041	Thu 01/15/15 05:50 PM Edited by msharmony on Thu 01/15/15 05:53 PM
Al Sharpton Calls For Emergency Meeting To Address 'Appalling' All-White Oscar Nominees The Rev. Al Sharpton was left fuming mad after the Oscars revealed its all-white list of nominees for this year's Oscar awards on Thursday. "The movie industry is like the Rocky Mountains, the higher you get, the whiter it gets," Sharpton quipped in a statement released later in the afternoon. Sharpton, a critic of the lack of diversity in Hollywood, also announced he was holding an "emergency meeting" next week to address the issue. "I have called an emergency meeting early next week in Hollywood with the task force to discuss possible action around the Academy Awards," he said. The prestigious awards ceremony was widely criticized after its nominees for best actor, best actress, and best director were all white. In the past two decades this has happened only one other time, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Sharpton praised the Oscars for nominating the civil-rights film "Selma" for best picture, but said it was "ironic" because the film is based on Dr. Martin Luther King's marches. Said Sharpton: "The lack of diversity in today's Oscar nominations is appalling and while it is good that Selma was nominated for 'Best Picture,' it's ironic that they nominated a story about the racial shutout around voting while there is a racial shutout around the Oscar nominations. With all of the talent in Selma and other Black movies this year, it is hard to believe that we have less diversity in the nominations today than in recent history." he is right, and he can meet with whomever he wishes and call it whatever he wants,,lol for years women have complained about their roles in industry as have other minority groups,,, good to see someone speaking up for non whites ,,,,,,perhaps they can organize like homosexuals towards progress in how and how often they are represented,,, is it going to affect anyone here?

InvictusV Joined Sun 11/23/08 Posts: 5282	Thu 01/15/15 06:57 PM Edited by InvictusV on Thu 01/15/15 06:57 PM
The white liberals that run Hollywood are racist? Who would have thought? Not to take away from the fact that Sharpton hates Jews... But they all love democrat politicians.. Like peas in a pod... Haha

Dodo_David Joined Fri 08/13/10 Posts: 48914	Thu 01/15/15 07:01 PM
Since when is anything pertaining to Hollywood an emergency?

mightymoe Joined Sun 11/19/06 Posts: 37362	Thu 01/15/15 07:15 PM
Since when is anything pertaining to Hollywood an emergency? anything that involves racial injustice is of the highest priority...

msharmony Joined Mon 08/31/09 Posts: 61041	Thu 01/15/15 07:49 PM
Since when is anything pertaining to Hollywood an emergency? since never, but its his meeting and his organization so he can call it what he wishes perhaps its simply 'emergency' because its sudden and not on the schedule

Dodo_David Joined Fri 08/13/10 Posts: 48914	Thu 01/15/15 08:01 PM
Since when is anything pertaining to Hollywood an emergency? since never, but its his meeting and his organization so he can call it what he wishes perhaps its simply 'emergency' because its sudden and not on the schedule What so-called "task force" is he going to have an emergency meeting with?

mightymoe Joined Sun 11/19/06 Posts: 37362	Thu 01/15/15 08:03 PM
Since when is anything pertaining to Hollywood an emergency? since never, but its his meeting and his organization so he can call it what he wishes perhaps its simply 'emergency' because its sudden and not on the schedule no, all racial inequality issues are an emergency... can't have whitey doing things without the blacks involved...

msharmony Joined Mon 08/31/09 Posts: 61041	Thu 01/15/15 08:07 PM
Since when is anything pertaining to Hollywood an emergency? since never, but its his meeting and his organization so he can call it what he wishes perhaps its simply 'emergency' because its sudden and not on the schedule What so-called "task force" is he going to have an emergency meeting with? National Action Network (NAN) has formed a task force on the movie industry to deal with diversity as I engage in dialogue with Sony Pictures Co-Chairman Amy Pascal. from the National Action Network website,,,, along with a lot of other stuff that the media CHOOSES NOT to cover,,,shrugs

mightymoe Joined Sun 11/19/06 Posts: 37362	Thu 01/15/15 08:10 PM
what black actor deserves an academy award this year?

mightymoe Joined Sun 11/19/06 Posts: 37362	Thu 01/15/15 08:13 PM Edited by mightymoe on Thu 01/15/15 08:13 PM
Since when is anything pertaining to Hollywood an emergency? since never, but its his meeting and his organization so he can call it what he wishes perhaps its simply 'emergency' because its sudden and not on the schedule What so-called "task force" is he going to have an emergency meeting with? National Action Network (NAN) has formed a task force on the movie industry to deal with diversity as I engage in dialogue with Sony Pictures Co-Chairman Amy Pascal. from the National Action Network website,,,, along with a lot of other stuff that the media CHOOSES NOT to cover,,,shrugs sony, did you say?? http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2014/12/15/sony-makes-more-black-centric-films-than-any-other-studio/

msharmony Joined Mon 08/31/09 Posts: 61041	Thu 01/15/15 08:27 PM
perhaps that's why they are the ones to work with,, gain support from,,,,

mightymoe Joined Sun 11/19/06 Posts: 37362	Thu 01/15/15 08:31 PM
perhaps that's why they are the ones to work with,, gain support from,,,, perhaps...

Rock Joined Thu 10/09/08 Posts: 21249	Thu 01/15/15 08:46 PM
Harlemwood needs to step up and make a decent movie for a change. Show the country, that thirteen percent of the population deserves fifty percent of everything.

mightymoe Joined Sun 11/19/06 Posts: 37362	Thu 01/15/15 08:50 PM
"The movie industry is like the Rocky Mountains, the higher you get, the whiter it gets"... how cute, wonder how long it took him to think that one up... we should be mad that no white people are nominated BET awards...

msharmony Joined Mon 08/31/09 Posts: 61041	Thu 01/15/15 09:10 PM
Harlemwood needs to step up and make a decent movie for a change. Show the country, that thirteen percent of the population deserves fifty percent of everything. 13 percent would be an equal and reasonable goal,, 50 percent would be disproportionate and there are people like Oprah and Perry who are doing just that (making movies) ,,, hopefully paving the way for others

devildog123 Joined Mon 09/08/14 Posts: 3902	Fri 01/16/15 01:07 AM
he called a "emergency meeting" because he can't stay out of the limelight for more then 2 days.

Conrad_73 Joined Sat 09/29/07 Posts: 22488	Fri 01/16/15 01:15 AM Edited by Conrad_73 on Fri 01/16/15 01:24 AM
Since when is anything pertaining to Hollywood an emergency? since never, but its his meeting and his organization so he can call it what he wishes perhaps its simply 'emergency' because its sudden and not on the schedule What so-called "task force" is he going to have an emergency meeting with? National Action Network (NAN) has formed a task force on the movie industry to deal with diversity as I engage in dialogue with Sony Pictures Co-Chairman Amy Pascal. from the National Action Network website,,,, along with a lot of other stuff that the media CHOOSES NOT to cover,,,shrugs seems he has discovered a few more Corporations he can shake down,that Louse! http://nypost.com/2015/01/04/how-sharpton-gets-paid-to-not-cry-racism-at-corporations/ Want to influence a casino bid? Polish your corporate image? Not be labeled a racist? Then you need to pay Al Sharpton. For more than a decade, corporations have shelled out thousands of dollars in donations and consulting fees to Sharpton's National Action Network. What they get in return is the reverend's supposed sway in the black community or, more often, his silence. Sony Pictures co-chair Amy Pascal met with the activist preacher after leaked emails showed her making racially charged comments about President Obama. Pascal was under siege after a suspected North Korean cyberattack pressured the studio to cancel its release of The Interview,which depicts the assassination of dictator Kim Jong-un. Pascal and her team were said to be shaking in their boots and afraid of the Rev, The Post reported. No payments to NAN have been announced, but Sharpton and Pascal agreed to form a working group to focus on racial bias in Hollywood. Sharpton notably did not publicly assert his support for Pascal after the meeting what observers say seems like a typical Sharpton shakedown in the making. Pay him in cash or power, critics say, and you buy his support or silence. Al Sharpton has enriched himself and NAN for years by threatening companies with bad publicity if they didn't come to terms with him. Put simply, Sharpton specializes in shakedowns, said Ken Boehm, chairman of the National Legal & Policy Center, a Virginia-based watchdog group that has produced a book on Sharpton. And Sharpton, who now boasts a close relationship with Obama and Mayor Bill de Blasio, is in a stronger negotiating position than ever. Once Sharpton's on board, he plays the race card all the way through, said a source who has worked with the Harlem preacher. He just keeps asking for more and more money. Horse in the race One example of Sharpton's playbook has emerged in tax filings and a state inspector generals report. In 2008, Plainfield Asset Management, a Greenwich, Conn.-based hedge fund, made a $500,000 contribution to New York nonprofit Education Reform Now. That money was immediately funneled to the National Action Network.......... and on,and on Just a cheap Extortionist-Thug!

devildog123 Joined Mon 09/08/14 Posts: 3902	Fri 01/16/15 01:17 AM
He should be spending this "spare" time getting his taxes in order.. April 15 is coming up... but I am sure he is going to stiff America for a 4th year straight. deadbeat, tax cheat. what a solid leader he is!!. What a role model!!