Outraged at the lack of diversity among this year's best acting/supporting acting Academy Awards nominees, activist Rev. Al Sharpton is calling for "direct action." In short, he demands a total boycott and tune-out of this year's Oscars.
Critics blast lack of diversity among Oscars nominees
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Credit: Getty Images/AJC file photos
Spike Lee, Jada Pinkett Smith to boycott Oscars over lack of black nominees
The message is officially endorsed by the following organizations: The National Action Network Pastor K.W.Tulloss, President of the LA National Action Network, West; Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable President Earl Ofari Hutchinson; Weller Street Baptist Church; Compton NAACP and Project Islamic Hope.
Shortly after this year's Oscars nominations were announced Sharpton blasted the list on his personal Twitter account.
"Hollywood has a fraudulent image of progressive and liberal politics and policies. We must take direct action to correct this," he said. "Talk is cheap."
He also posted: "All-white Oscar nominations are another example of the lack of diversity in Hollywood. Like the Rocky Mts. The higher you climb, the whiter."
The president of the Academy Awards, Cheryl Boone Isaacs, is black. Recently she said, "The whole discussion about diversity is a great discussion, because now it's at the top of everybody's mind, not just the Academy's."
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