Back Away from Quvenzhane!

I will be brief. A post from The Onion's Twitter account referred to 9-year-old best actress nominee Quvenzhane Wallis as the unspeakable "c-word."

I will not reprint the post or link to it. That post, along with Academy Awards host Seth MacFarlane's tasteless joke about her during the awards ceremony, made me want to write.

Leave Ms. Wallis alone! Even if she is a best actress nominee for "Beasts of the Southern Wild," she is a child. Also, as an Oscar nominee and the tenth African-American actress nominated for a leading role, this poised, beautiful, intelligent young lady deserves greater respect than she received last night. And that silly reporter from the Associated Press who would not pronounce her name correctly and referred to her as "Annie" (For her upcoming role in the Broadway play) should be disciplined.

Although the Academy Awards is a melting pot and has been for the past few years, some reporters and even a certain Oscar host have yet to enter the 21st century. As Oscar-nominated screenwriter and director Spike Lee would say, "Wake up!"

Writing Diva