The Rev. Al Sharpton announced he was holding an "emergency meeting" to discuss Hollywood's all-white list of Oscar nominees and talk about possible action against the Academy Awards' powers-who-be.
"The movie industry is like the Rocky Mountains," he said in a statement reported by Business Insider. "The higher you get, the whiter it gets. ... I have called an emergency meeting early next week in Hollywood with the task force to discuss possible action around the Academy Awards."
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"The movie industry is like the Rocky Mountains," he said in a statement reported by Business Insider. "The higher you get, the whiter it gets. ... I have called an emergency meeting early next week in Hollywood with the task force to discuss possible action around the Academy Awards."
Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jan/16/al-sharpton-emergency-meeting-hollywood-oscar/