An Outsider’s Speculation on the Selma Snubs

I’m not black,so I viewed the films I’m about to talk about from the position of the privileged group. I’m going totalk about how I responded to them from that standpoint.

I’m seeing a lot of chatter aboutSelma being way too overlooked for awards this year. I have a speculation about that.

I’m going to talk about last year.

Last year,12 Years a Slave (deservedly) did very well in the awards season. Another film that addressed race,The Butler,did not.

I saw jokes at the time that the public consc...