The average person who sees the photo line-up of the current Oscars nominees does not immediately think, oh, my God, how terrible, they're all white! Journalists obsessed with identity politics think however that there's a big story here, some kind of lesson to be drawn about race relations in Hollywood, and by extension, in the American society that Hollywood reflects. It doesn't seem to matter that the 2010 Oscars saw nominations for "The Blind Side," Mo'Nique and "Precious," Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela, and Disney's first animated feature with a black princess. When liberals talk about climate change, they reassure us that weather is different from climate, and one cold year does not disprove anthropogenic global warming. When it comes to the Oscars, one year indicates a long-term trend. As A.O. Scott and Manohla Dargis write in their Sunday New York Times Arts exposé, Hollywood's Whiteout Year:[I]t was possible, over much of the past decade, to...(Read Full Post)