Have you heard the news?  All 20 Oscar nominees in the acting categories are white!  There’s even a Twitter hashtag called #OscarsSoWhite.  Now Spike Lee, Jada Pinkett Smith, Viola Davis, Michael Moore, and other race-conscious glitterati have announced that they will not be attending Hollywood’s most prestigious ceremony on February 28. What message does this send to the nominees whose exceptional work is supposed to be celebrated by all?  Is everyone else at the awards ceremony now expected to take his cue from race-baiting crybabies and forgo congratulating this year’s winners? To make matters worse, the president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, Cheryl Boone Isaacs, who is black, had the audacity to say that she was “heartbroken and frustrated” over the lack of diversity among this year’s nominees.  For the second year in a row, too many whiteys were voted in by the Academy’s reported...(Read Full Post)