Adrienne Keene: So they give out Oscars for racism now

Adrienne Keene of Native Appropriations questions some of the nominees for the 86th annual Academy Awards:
Today, the list of nominees for the Academy Awards was released. I would just like to draw your attention to two of them.

“Best Makeup and hairstyling”: THE LONE RANGER. (What?!?! arghabduVBIDslfdjlkm)

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“Best Song”: “Alone yet not Alone” from the movie “Alone yet not Alone” (We’ll get to this in a minute. hold on. it’s a doozy.)

“Best Makeup and Hairstyling”: The Lone Ranger for best makeup and hairstyling seems like kinda a sick joke, don’t you think? I saw the movie, unfortunately, and it’s really just a bunch of old-timey wild west dudes and Helen Bonham carter, and there is nothing remarkable about their hair or makeup. Unless the greasy-not-showered look is like really difficult to do or something.

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Adrienne Keene: They give out oscars for racism now? (Native Appropriations 1/16)

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