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The Oscars, Their Whiteness & Their Utter Contempt for Us All: An Exercise in Overanalysis

Oscars So White
Greyscale is in one menu, Hue and Saturation are in two others. Ponder this.

It’s Oscar time again. Which means it’s time for everyone to break into their pre-existing camps and start hating each other. In marketing terms, controversy is a “guaranteed buy” for my fellow Americans, especially in an Election Year™ as depressing as this one’s sure to be. This year the controversy comes with its own Twitter hashtag, same as last year, because that’s just the age we live in. But at least this hashtag has the benefit of expressing a true statement: #OscarsSoWhite Continue reading The Oscars, Their Whiteness & Their Utter Contempt for Us All: An Exercise in Overanalysis