Its easier for sports because the game is only played one way, if you do good or bad its clearly seen by everyone. But when it comes to acting, writing, ect. Its a matter of opinion on how good you are. I agree the commotion over it is dumb but to compare it to sports makes no sense.
I hate when I hear people say that they want more diversity in the Oscar's, because that's bullshit, not to sounds racist or anything but it seems like African Americans on care about their own race. They don't give two fucks about latino/Latina actors, directors or writers or Asian actors directors or writers or any other race at that it's very frustrating because they calm to want diversity but that's not the case...
You'd have to prove that the current distribution of Oscars is not proportional to national race demographics. If whites make up say, 60% of america, and are winning 60 to 70% of oscars. While blacks make up 15% of america, and are winning 10%-20%, then that's an acceptable deviation. If they are winning 1% of oscars then I might agree. But chances are people are getting pissed off without being smart enough to understand that statistics are not racist.
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