Selma’s chances may have been hurt by the success of Steve McQueen’s 12 Years A Slave last year.

The Hollywood Reporter.

I am fucking disgusted. Two ENTIRELY different movies, set in different time periods, different casts and directors, different stories…but the committee is apparently looking at it through some sort of narrow racial lense? Like, they gave due recognition and acclaim to a movie centered around African Americans last year, so they can’t do so the following year? I can’t…I can’t even articulate how terrible this attitude is. added to this is the fact that all 20 acting nominations have ALL gone to whites, not to mention that these awards come at a time when there is a great deal of racial tension and unrest in the US. Hollywood’s racism is beyond unbelievable. 

(via mrsmelchiorgabor)