Al Sharpton Calls For Emergency Meeting To Address 'Appalling' All-White Oscar Nominees Read more:

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81. I have a couple of thousand posts on numerous topics,

and that particular post evidenced no Republican position or anything that wasn't already expressed by numerous other posters in the thread. Implying some "right wing" involvement or agenda is not only insulting, but lazy.

With all due respect, as this thread amply demonstrates, one can be a loyal and liberal Democrat, yet still believe the racial composition of Oscar nominees is of no national import, and certainly doesn't warrant an "emergency meeting," the fact that Selma only received one nomination might not be the result of any racial animus, that a film should not receive nominations to please political constituencies, and that Al Sharpton is a reviled figure who's considered very racially divisive by many people in our party based on numerous and well publicized incidents, particularly involving other core Democratic constituencies like Jews and Asians.

Simply, Sharpton's anticipated meeting will likely be a minor news story, at best, or if he employs his old attention-seeking tactics, will actually worsen racial relations over nothing more than movie without any evidence of actual bigotry.