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'It's anti-white racism': Best actress nominee Charlotte Rampling launches attack on Oscar boycott as top producer dubs protesting stars 'spoiled brats'
Charlotte Rampling has accused those complaining about a shortage of black nominees at this year’s Oscars of ‘anti-white racism’. The 69-year-old, who is up for the Best Actress award, said that people should not be ‘classified’ – adding that nominations should be based on the performance. Responding to stars who have threatened to boycott the ceremony next month, she told a radio station yesterday: ‘One can never really know but perhaps the black actors did not deserve to make the final list.’
Miss Rampling’s remarks follow a week of debate about nominations for the Academy Awards, after it was revealed that no black actors were shortlisted for the second year running. There have been calls for a boycott, with Jada Pinkett Smith – wife of Hollywood actor Will Smith – writing on Facebook that: ‘We must stand in our power. ‘Begging for acknowledgement or even asking [to be nominated] diminishes dignity. It diminishes power and we are a dignified people.’
Others have demanded that the Academy bring in quotas – however this was met with criticism from Miss Rampling. Speaking to French radio station Europe 1 yesterday, the British star said: ‘Why classify people? We live in countries where everyone is more or less accepted. There are always issues like “he is less good looking” or “he is too black”. ‘There is always someone who says “you are too...”. So are we going to say that we will categorise all that to make lots of minorities everywhere?’ She said that she did not think racism played into the nomination process and that the lack of black stars up for awards could be because they have not earned them.
- Rampling received her first Oscar nomination for her role in ‘45 Years’
- She gave a radio interview in Paris on Friday attacking boycott
- 'Maybe black actors don’t deserve to be on the final stretch?’
- She is the second nominee to speak out on the subject
- Mark Ruffalo who is up for Best Supporting Actor is on the other side of the debate and has called for action to improve diversity in Hollywood
- Growing debate around the issue ahead of the February 28 ceremony
- Latest to join the discussion are Sir Michael Caine, Reese Witherspoon and William H Macy
Charlotte Rampling has accused those complaining about a shortage of black nominees at this year’s Oscars of ‘anti-white racism’. The 69-year-old, who is up for the Best Actress award, said that people should not be ‘classified’ – adding that nominations should be based on the performance. Responding to stars who have threatened to boycott the ceremony next month, she told a radio station yesterday: ‘One can never really know but perhaps the black actors did not deserve to make the final list.’
Miss Rampling’s remarks follow a week of debate about nominations for the Academy Awards, after it was revealed that no black actors were shortlisted for the second year running. There have been calls for a boycott, with Jada Pinkett Smith – wife of Hollywood actor Will Smith – writing on Facebook that: ‘We must stand in our power. ‘Begging for acknowledgement or even asking [to be nominated] diminishes dignity. It diminishes power and we are a dignified people.’
Others have demanded that the Academy bring in quotas – however this was met with criticism from Miss Rampling. Speaking to French radio station Europe 1 yesterday, the British star said: ‘Why classify people? We live in countries where everyone is more or less accepted. There are always issues like “he is less good looking” or “he is too black”. ‘There is always someone who says “you are too...”. So are we going to say that we will categorise all that to make lots of minorities everywhere?’ She said that she did not think racism played into the nomination process and that the lack of black stars up for awards could be because they have not earned them.
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