You're also assuming that everybody knows how to cook beans. A lot of people in the inner city have never been taught cooking techniques and would have no idea how to make beans. It takes education in a lot of these neighborhoods for something even as simple as beans. It is a vicious cycle that just keeps getting…

Exactly, I actually made that point to somebody else who was suggesting that it's easier than it looks. It's not easy if you don't know how to do it and nobody to teach you. The level of willful ignorance about the challenges in inner city nutrition is depressing and frustrating.

I wish I could star this a thousand times.

Thank you, thank you, thank you. I have volunteered at numerous food banks and soup kitchens and noticed all of these things. I try to tell people this when they're like, "Just eat beans and lentils." They have no idea. Also, a lot of people don't know that many inner city neighborhoods don't have grocery stores and a…

You also sound a lot more educated than a lot of people under the poverty line. I don't know where you live but I am willing to bet that you have a grocery store near you? A lot of inner city neighborhoods don't even have grocery stores and the only option for food there is fast food or corner stores, which is…

You would be surprised how many people in poorer communities don't even know what lentils are let alone how to cook them. If they do know what they are and how to cook them, when would they have the time? So many considerations are forgotten. Also, there are a lot of inner city communities that don't even have actual…

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! That video is brilliant and perfect. It explains exactly what I was trying to do in this thread (much better than I ever could). THANK YOU! I also learned how I might better approach this type of thing in the future if anything like this comes up again. I am extremely glad that you…

I'm not backtracking at all. I used the word disrespectful in my first comment as well as saying there was racism in his speech, I never once called him a racist, though. Never once. And when did I lie? I have used disrespectful since the first post, I think that you are projecting some shit onto me.

I totally get that and I understand completely what you're saying, however there still shouldn't have been a dismissive tone with the two black actors. I wouldn't even be saying this if they hadn't both been black. But, you know, I can't speak for his intentions only what I perceive so anything is possible and like I…

Yeah, there are a few others who have taken that stance, as well. It's very possible it was more forgetfulness than anything (which is still somewhat problematic, as you said). I just can't help but hear a dismissiveness in his voice when he says their names, though.

Here's the speech so you can see if you interpret it the same way. Others have pointed out that the use of the last names/first names differential might have to do with his southern roots of addressing people older than you with respectful titles, however I still detect a very dismissive tone when he does address…

I wish I knew how to make a gif from a recording because he looked like he was about to pop. Highly recommended.

Ron Howard had a great reaction shot when 12 Years a Slave won, too. He was nodding to the guy next to him like, "Yeah, that sounds about right." I love him.

Agree 1000%!

He must have paid someone to take it off the entire internet because I can't find it anywhere but holy hell was that ever a pissed off face.

She seems like she would be so exhausting to hang out with.

Ha! What a great point. Let's hope that we'll be back politely discussing this again next year! I doubt it will happen, but a girl can dream. :)

Hahahaha. I like you. And yet, I disagree with things in your earlier comments. How did this happen on the internet??!!??!!

What was the Tina Fey Blacklist joke? I must have missed that.

Thank you for your thoughts! I appreciate what you're saying and I still disagree but I do acknowledge that not everybody saw it that way but that doesn't make it sound any less disrespectful to me. And like you said, I don't think anything should happen to him over it, I just wanted it pointed out. I find everybody's…