http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/02/19/1365424/-Oscar-voter-states-that-I-Can-t-Breathe-t-shirts-worn-by-Selma-cast-were-offensive?detail=email
An Oscar voter recently revealed his or her ballot to The Hollywood Reporter. In it, many comments about films were revealing, but none were quite as disturbing as the ones made about the film and cast of Selma:
But if the movie isn't that good, am I supposed to vote for it just because it has black people in it? I've got to tell you, having the cast show up in T-shirts saying "I can't breathe" [at their New York premiere] — I thought that stuff was offensive. Did they want to be known for making the best movie of the year or for stirring up shit?
How exactly does a cast wearing T-shirts to the premiere of their own movie offend someone? This sincerely stumps the hell out of me. It's their movie, their premiere, and the film is about a period of non-violent resistance to injustice, and you are offended that the cast and crew wore a T-shirt making a statement about an injustice that has deep emotional resonance with them? GTFOH.
Just as I said when folk were outraged with Lebron James for wearing the same T-shirt, if this T-shirt offends you, you are probably a racist. The police choking death of Staten Island grandfather Eric Garner is one of the most egregious public injustices in modern America. When Officer Daniel Pantaleo, who choked Garner to death, wasn't indicted, it cut deeply into the hearts of millions of Americans.
first this to me sounds like the this person seeks to deny these Americans their right to free speech while dismissing the idea behind their exercising their right in a venue that reaches people that may not have been aware or cares but bringing it to their attention stirs something as we see negatively or positively. for this person to say this in public they must feel sure that there is support for their discrimination.
the person is not named given the job of informing us on the movies that were relevant or funny or just plain good entertainment they failed miserably as well as totally not doing the job and injecting their disrespect for death at the hands of murderous cops. there must be an opening for a Oscar voter next year because this would should have been vacated yesterday.
