Some white actors and actresses in Hollywood have had enough of the #OscarsSoWhite protest and calls for a boycott.
Julie Delpy, for example, thinks women have it harder than people of color and she wishes she were “African American”:
'Nothing worse than being a woman in this business,' Julie Delpy on diversity #Sundance https://t.co/ULcVxsO0KNhttps://t.co/nkMNCR5lSE
— TheWrap (@TheWrap) January 23, 2016
Yikes, Julie Delpy. https://t.co/788XbT0944 pic.twitter.com/gqmFZgVRph
— Kevin O’Keeffe ? (@kevinpokeeffe) January 22, 2016
Someone tell Julie Delpy that it isn't a contest, and that 10 women get nominated every year no matter what. https://t.co/OaVSgztw3D
— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) January 22, 2016
Charlotte Rampling thinks talk of a boycott is “racist against whites”:
Charlotte Rampling says calls to boycott the Oscars are “racist against whites” https://t.co/HcPDD7FIxe pic.twitter.com/kvzhxtE4v0
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 23, 2016
Charlotte Rampling exemplifies the deep & dangerous ignorance of unexamined white privilege & the false utopia it assumes to protect itself.
— deray (@deray) January 22, 2016
And Michael Caine dared to say the Academy should judge an actor on the merits and not just “because he’s black”:
Michael Caine on #OscarsSoWhite: "You can't vote for an actor because he's black." https://t.co/x3CPkG2J3N pic.twitter.com/yE64bdPVI5
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) January 22, 2016
Well, here are three actors who won’t be welcome at the Oscars.
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