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This just showed up in my Facebook
He makes a good point about basketball and his solution is alright in my books too!
Brickbat
(19,339 posts)SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)is separate but equal awards...pretty awful, IMO.
Seeking Serenity
(2,840 posts)It's calling for a separate awards show. I can't tell if this is a Poe or not.
Wolverine23
(22 posts)The vids not that long. One more thing to add is that I think they should cast more minorities in roles to level the playing field. If the roles are all balanced, the nominations should be balanced when followed.
kwassa
(23,340 posts)He is attempting to be funny, but isn't. So, we will have separate but equal Oscars?
1939
(1,683 posts)but everyone gets an Oscar as a "participation trophy".
Stellar
(5,644 posts)"When he see the black guys in basketball, he just thinks they are the best, I guess because they're...black? And if he sees white hockey players, they are the best? But movies... NPR. Blacks/latinos spend more money on movies than whites. As the audio in the link states CEO's of the movie, are missing out on a whole lot of money because all CEO's want to see in movies are themselves...other white people. So, Tyler Perry took advantage of their ignorance.