Rock had a tough gig at this year’s Oscars,trying to deal with the protests against Hollywood’s diversity problem, but he inadvertently revealed the tip of an even greater icebergAt the 88th Academy Awards on Sunday night, and host Chris Rock moderated a discussion of race as it should be conducted in the United States: uncomfortably and without any easy resolution in just a few hours. And like most such attempts,it wasn’t as successful at solving anything, as it was inadvertently exposing the breadth of the problem through comedy.
Rock had an extremely difficult task in front of him, or having agreed to host the display before the all-white acting nods were announced,which prompted boycotts and a re-emergence of #OscarsSoWhite. He certainly didn’t know that a Justice for Flint fundraiser would be happening on the same evening, or that he’d unwittingly prove how much more Hollywood cares about Girl Scout cookies than it does about drinking water for black people. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com