Oscars protest canceled at Ava DuVernay’s request
Although the Oscars tried to prove it has black friends by cutting to every person of color in the audience at one point or another during the telecast last night, people are still understandably upset about the inexplicable absence of nominations for Selma star David Oyelowo and director Ava DuVernay. (And, you know, that all 20 of the nominees in the various acting categories were white.) To this end, before the ceremony Saturday several media outlets reported that demonstrations led by the Los Angeles chapter of Al Sharpton’s National Action Network would take place outside the theater before Sunday’s awards. But those protests ultimately failed to materialize. So why did the protestors stay home?