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The Rev. Al Sharpton announced he was holding an emergency meeting to discuss Hollywoods all-white list of Oscar nominees and talk about possible action against the Academy Awards powers-who-be.

The movie industry is like the Rocky Mountains, he said in a statement reported by Business Insider. The higher you get, the whiter it gets. I have called an emergency meeting early next week in Hollywood with the task force to discuss possible action around the Academy Awards.

The awards ceremony has only nominated an all-white list of names for best actor, best actress and best director only once before in the last 20 years, The Hollywood Reporter said.

Mr. Sharpton gave kudos to the judges for nominating Selma for best picture, but then he decried the lack of diversity in the other categories.

The lack of diversity in todays Oscar nominations is appalling and while it is good that Selma was nominated for Best Picture, its ironic that they nominated a story about the racial shutout around voting while there is a racial shutout around the Oscar nominations. With all of the talent in Selma and other black movies this year, it is hard to believe that we have less diversity in the nominations today than in recent history, he said, Business Insider reported.

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Al Sharpton calls 'emergency meeting' over Hollywood's all-white Oscar list