> “I feel conflicted because so many of my fellow actors that are deserving don’t have that same privilege. I think that we send a very clear message to people of color that you are not welcome here...I don’t think anybody wants a handout or a preferential treatment, although that is what we give ourselves every year...This is not a self-righteous condemnation, because I am ashamed to say that I am part of the problem, I have not done everything in my power to ensure that the sets I work on are inclusive. But I think it is more than just having sets that are multicultural. I think that we have to really do the hard work to truly understand systemic racism. I think that it is the obligation of the people that have created, perpetuated and benefited from a system of oppression to be the one to dismantle it. So that’s on us.” - Acclaimed Actor Joaquin Phoenix [while accepting award conferred on him by his (((fellow White people)))] If you still don’t understand what’s going on here, then the joke’s on you