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The Rev. Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow PUSH Coalition held a meeting Thursday with Sony executives, including company co-chair Amy Pascal, discussing possible diversity initiatives.

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“We want to empower African-American Actors/Actresses, camera men/women, producers and directors,” PUSH wrote in a press statement. “We want to increase participation for companies and organizations like TV One, Radio One, Interactive One, Ebony, Black Enterprise, NNPA, NABOB and others.” Interactive One is the parent company of NewsOne.

PUSH Chairman Martin King called the meeting “a step towards progress,” but noted that “they have a long way to go to becoming a company that represents the America that supports them through entertainment, gaming, technology and electronic purchasing.”
The meeting comes after hackers whom the FBI says are backed by North Korea exposed racist emails from Sony. The leaked exchanges between top company executives included one where they implied President Obama would love slave movies; another suggested that Denzel Washington should be denied leading roles in international films because international moviegoers would shun one starring a black actor.

The Sony leaders involved have since apologized for the emails. The company’s executives are now communicating via texts to avoid further exposure. The FBI is currently investigating the hack’s origins.
National Action Network‘s Rev. Al Sharpton and National Urban League president Marc Morial met with Pascal, as well, on Thursday.



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Forbes: Sony Makes More Movies w Black Actors Than Any Other Studio (sw) [View all] , b.Touch, Mon Dec-15-14 04:25 PM
 
Subject Author Message Date ID
I don't think they are particularly more racist than any other studio
Dec 15th 2014
1
yep...being mad about this is silly to me though
Dec 23rd 2014
19
WSJ shilling for Sony? Rupert Murdoch must have buddies there
Dec 15th 2014
2
lolz @ 'S From Hell'
Dec 15th 2014
3
Well....lol
Dec 15th 2014
4
“starring black people” = “black-centric movie.”
Dec 15th 2014
5
RE: “starring black people” = “black-centric movie.”
Dec 16th 2014
7
      yea but say overbrook brings a film to screengems, sony runs the#
Dec 22nd 2014
10
           actually, that's what's going to happen anyway.
Dec 22nd 2014
15
Nicky Barnes handing out free turkeys on Thanksgiving
Dec 15th 2014
6
This is like Paula Dean bragging about hiring Black people
Dec 16th 2014
8
      Dave said it best
Dec 22nd 2014
14
The oceans have more aquatic life than any other body of water on the pl...
Dec 16th 2014
9
deep
Dec 22nd 2014
11
Why did Amy Pascal call Al Sharpton?
Dec 22nd 2014
13
      Is exactly why conservatives hate Jesse Sharpton.
Dec 23rd 2014
16
           Christmas service.
Dec 23rd 2014
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                i forgot to say this part of the Olivia Pope package
Dec 23rd 2014
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                from what's been released, the calls to JJ were before Olivia pope
Dec 23rd 2014
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                     the deeper issue is why is Jesse Sharpton the goto in racial events?
Dec 23rd 2014
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                     Because
Dec 23rd 2014
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                     bc Sony is obviously quite tone deaf wrt race relations
Dec 23rd 2014
24
                     I think Jimmy the Greek started all of that
Jan 09th 2015
26
                     I'm of the mind she was called before or just at that time
Dec 23rd 2014
22
sharpton's Agents of DIVERSITY to meet, offer guidance to Sony execs
Jan 09th 2015
25
you know they get PAID to do them "workshops" right?
Jan 09th 2015
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RE: you know they get PAID to do them "workshops" right?
Jan 09th 2015
28
Meagan Goode's husband, DeVon Franklin, literally just quit
Jan 09th 2015
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