Why is this a conversation that we only have once a year?
To me, we have this conversation every year.
It pisses me off.
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Its not that people [doing the ] nominating are too white, she continued.
They arent sitting there like that.
People believe we dont want to see movies with black people in them.
Until you start making movies likeThe Avengerswhere you see more than 70 white folks saving the earth.
I would like to be one of those people saving the earth, but they arent coming to me.
As I see it, the Academy Awards is not where the real battle is.
Its in the executive office of the Hollywood studios and TV and cable networks,Lee wrote.
This is where the gatekeepers decide what gets made and what gets jettisoned to turnaround or scrap heap.
This is whats important.
Those with the green light vote.
