The recent Oscars issue is not about racism

I don"t believe that you show racism in the recent Oscars issue for these reasons: 1. Your critique of China does not show racism in regards to this year"s Oscars. Simply because China changed the poster "might" suggest racism on the part of those in power of what films are allowed to be seen in China, but it does not say anything about Hollywood. Even if China is a large market, there are many more international markets where Hollywood black films are seen (here is an example of the international release dates and locations for Straight Outta Compton [1]). It"s China"s problem if they don"t want to see films with black people in them and your statement, ""and since China has it"s censorship-claws in the backs of Hollywood it"s obvious that no film with a predominantly black cast will get an international release," is unfounded. You do not prove that "China has its censorship claws in the backs of Hollywood," but it is also not obvious that "no film with a predominately black cast will get an international release," as my example of Straight Outta Compton shows. Yes, there are other examples of black cinema not nominated in this year"s Oscars but my example proves the point, a predominately black cast can get an international release. Even if black film doesn"t get the international release, your scenario of, "If a film doesn"t get an international release, then that means a confirmed drop in box office profit, and a drop in box office profit means a much smaller budget. Thus, with a smaller budget you get lower caliber actors, directors, producers, and special effects. Logically, this will conclude in overall lackluster films and thus less Oscar nominations for films with prominent black characters," is not true. There are many examples of low budget films that not only were nominated for Oscars but also won [2]. Clearly, from these examples, you don"t have to have a big budget to have good acting and an overall Oscar worthy film. To say that some black films were not nominated because they were low budget is unfounded and does not even prove racism. 2. I was not ignoring the other black cinema that was not nominated, as you claim, but merely providing one example because only one example is needed for the point. I also did not say, "To say that Straight Outta Compton is the only excellent film with a black cast that wasn"t nominated this year is an absolute understatement." Merely providing it as an example is in no way saying it was the only excellent film with a black cast. You name two others black films but don"t address my point, which was, how could 7,000 voters without collaborating, vote in a racist way? It does not matter that only 8 nominations out of 10 were given and there could be other reasons for why that was done, it still does not prove racism. In my opinion, none of the positions you have taken prove racism is happening in this year"s Oscar"s issue. I still believe that the history of the Academy shows a recognition of black cinema when it is warranted. They have not avoided black cinema but awarded it. Could it have been done more? Maybe, but again, they have not failed to recognize it. Also, my question still stands. How do 7,000 voters, without collaborating, carry out racism? It seems impossible to me, which is why I believe something besides racism is happening here. [1] http://www.imdb.com... [2] http://www.backstage.com...