Questions about film world discrimination

Catch the Academy Awards? Did I hear the commentator right? Was he asking for “separate but equal” awards for a certain group of people?

I thought that was thrown out by the court years ago. Why is it that we live among so many nationalities who simply want to be Americans, and yet we seem to have a certain portion of our population that somehow want to be considered differently?

I don’t know any Asian-Americans or European-Americans or Central America-Americans or South America-Americans. They are very simply Americans, asking for no special treatment. And how would Mr. Rock define this group?

My own family is intra-racial, if that’s the right term, and we’re all Americans. Discrimination is a part of life be it age, gender, race, physical appearance or which side of the tracks you live on. And I think we’re gaining on this issue. But isn’t this a step backwards?

This story was originally published March 24, 2016 at 8:51 AM with the headline "Questions about film world discrimination."