I really don;t give a damn about who wins the oscara, what I do care about is the blacks WHINING that they weren;t nominated. So here again, are WHITES going to knuckle under and GIVE IN so the poor black actors can get an award ? I WONDER DID THEY EVER CONSIDER THAT THEIR PERFORMANCES MAY NOT BE QUITE AS GOOD AS THOSE GIVE BY WHITE ACTORS ???

#OscarsSoWhite -- Biggest Fraud Since 'Hands Up, Don't Shoot'    Larry Elder | Jan 28, 2016  

First, the facts. Since 2000, 10 percent of Oscar nominations have gone to black actors. Blacks comprise 13 percent of the country's population, so the Oscar nominations have roughly paralleled the percentage of blacks in the U.S.
Here's how the nomination process works. There are about 6,200 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The Academy is divided into 17 branches, with the actor division -- of 1,138 members -- the largest. Actors nominate actors in each of the four categories -- lead and supporting, actor and actress -- listing up to five names ranked in order of preference. The five nominees come from the highest-ranked names with the most votes beyond a minimum threshold. So all actor members literally "write in" their personal choices.

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