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Originally Posted by Horatio Caine
Who is going?
"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.
Al Sharpton Calls For Emergency Meeting To Address 'Appalling' All-White Oscar Nominees - Yahoo Finance |
straight out, Sharpton is extorting the academy for money... hire my organization for big money to teach you racial sensitivity or we will shut the awards down.. this trail leads right back to the head racist.... Obama
