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Jan 2016
Take a bow you white knights
As you blast the Academy's critics
With silent "N"'s and thinly veiled white hoods
Check your ******* privilege
Tweet verse is a poem comprised of exactly 140 characters (including spaces and punctuation.) The recent (and reoccurring) Oscar race controversy has seen a pretty nasty backlash by commentators complaining black actors are sore losers etc... I am sick to death of so many people missing the point. People are boycotting because of the fundamental lack of opportunity available to minority writers/directors to tell their stories, which inevitably leads to whitewashes. The new racism employed by people in these situations is disgusting and seems to be widely accepted in the public space.
Thomas Newlove
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Thomas Newlove  26/M/Co. Wicklow (Ireland)
(26/M/Co. Wicklow (Ireland))   
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     Thomas Newlove and Cecil Miller
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