How can foreign cultures be alienated unless you are considering a particular culture the center of the world? Haven't read the article or anything, but the idea that "western" culture is the center of the world seems weird. I get that sexuality as a biological thing could be considered "universal" but certainly the…

Agreed. For example, the word "jihad" is very nearly 100% misused in Western media. Right off the bat he's using a word from another language with a meaning he doesn't fully understand. In other words….who would want to have to explain something they don't understand all the time?

Meh. He has "Evergreen white guy" politics. Pretty much par for the course….I guess he feels the need to apologize all the time for being Irish-American?

If you look at nominations only it's around 18% African-American which is greater than the percentage of the general population. Not looking at the years or type of roles or anything, but 18% isn't scandalous. I truthfully don't see the issue with the "Academy". The actual relevant issue is how different races are…

God, I just read the whole song. Never mind, I'm not going to give those lyrics analysis. It would give me a headache and probably not worth my energy. Genuinely nice political analysis. I don't disagree but suffice to say we probably read those lyrics differently. All they evoke in me are "trapper keepers".

How are the lyrics xenophobic? Is there more than what was in the article? Those don't really sound xenophobic to me. I mean, I guess I read the "post-america" thing as sarcasm.