This past season, there were no Oscar nominations for any minorities in the major acting, writing or directing categories — a point of embarrassment for the academy. Ratner is white but has a track record of giving great parts to black actors like Chris Tucker and Don Cheadle, and has a kinship with African Americans in his personal life as well, where his gal pals have included Naomi Campbell and Serena Williams. So his selection might be seen as a shrewd way to make the show (if not the actual nominations) more multicultural.
Really? Black people are supposed to be happy because the Academy hired a guy who knows some black people? That's offensive, and it's discriminatory. I mean, like they'd ever make overtures to the gay community by selecting an Oscar host who knows lots of transsex--
Never mind.
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