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RE: You consider it the best of a mediocre lot -- I don't

Well, I agree - but even a non-racist can make the occasional "racist comment" without even realizing it - the whole world has gotten very touchy over this stuff. I don't for a second think you're a racist. Granted I don't know you other than the various forums over the years but you seem to be a stand-up guy to me.

Affirmative Action was an attempt (eesh) to try and level the playing field for minorities - to force racist white business owners to hire a certain percentage of minorities to help give these people "better employment."

It makes initial sense but it also creates animosity within the rest of the workforce when people don't know why this person was hired. Are they qualified or are they just the token hire? I just watched an episode of Dexter and

Masuka: Hey Morgan. You wanna see something swell? Come a little closer. Deb: And the token has spoken.

See this is funny. Fat chance it gets on tv now or someone would bitch and complain about the line.

It's funny because everyone is in on the joke including Masuka. Of course, he's brilliant at his job but he also knows he is the token.

With Academy Voting you just don't know. The joke used to be that actors and others would give their voting ballot to their secretaries to fill in.

Many of them probably choose their friends or people they work with. Curtis has been around forever and never won anything - she may have many friends who voted for her. Cate Blanchett has already won 2 Academy Awards. Maybe people felt that Cate is so good she will probably win another one. Yeoh may not get another chance because her race and age may limit her opportunities in the future. Those decisions by studios are not even racist - they're business choices based on market research as to who will come to the movie based on who the leads are.

Ultimately it comes down to thinking about this differently. If Hyopothetically, you saw this movie and felt it was a Masterpiece and by far the best movie on this list then you probably don't entertain any notion that it "only Won to satisfy diversity virtue signalling"

But because you found it wanting or another film to be better, then now it "only Won to satisfy diversity virtue signalling"

We probably all do it. I know I did it when Gandhi beat E.T. I was like of course they have to pick Gandhi because it's a serious movie and Hollywood absolutely hates Spielberg, a Jew.

To be fair, I was something like 10 years old at the time.

I suppose I have a different perspective than you. I am in an interracial marriage and I have worked in Hong Kong for 12 years now as the only "white guy" here. I am the token hire.



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