From TalkingPointsMemo
After the Academy Award nominations were announced Thursday morning, Twitter users tore apart the Academy for nominating only white actresses and actors for the nation’s top film honors, using the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite.
But the Oakland Tribune took its criticism to the next level Friday. The newspaper’s front page highlighted the startling lack of diversity among nominees
That #OscarsSoWhite hashtag has inspired some funny stuff. It’s also inspired the haters to crawl out of the woodwork. Some of them have latched onto this “:gotcha!” — rednecks wondering what’s wrong with all-white Oscars when the BET Aawards are all black… ugh.
so I threw myself into the fray:
