I suppose the reasons behind why the usage of the N-word is diuscouraged have already been explained and I therefore need not elaborate.
On the existence of Latin, and Black award shows, one must only think of representation at the premier award shows.
Consider the academy awards. How many blacks have won? How many latinos? How many Asians? Sure, the awards are not prefaced by "White", but they of course are. The academy is ridiculously white. Every year, the nominations are not proportional to the ethinic diversity in hollywood.
To get nominated, your movie has to be seen; to win, your distributer has to sponsor(bribe)....there's a lot of politics that goes on.
The grammies have always been different, yet, they mostly ignored urban music until recently (to the anger of many, by nominating Eminem's Marshall Matters LP for best album)... It takes a white guy....
The NAACP awards started as a way to promote and essentially show the apppreciation that through prejudices or unintentional ignorance are not awarded to black actors, musicians, etc..
TGhe SOURCE awards is an award show from a magazine. They cater to a hip hop fans and will therefore not have an award for rock and roll. The BET awards, much like the MTV or VH1 awards are merely for commercial purposes....
Is there really a need to preface the Emmy's with White? How about the Daytime awards?
'Martin'--- The show by Martin lawrence was for a long time, I thought one of the best sitcoms on TV. Its audience was predominantly black. How then do you expect a show that deserves its recognition to achieve this when the majority of voters do not even watch it?
There are a plethora of examples.
For chrissake, up until 1984, no black musicians appeared on MTV.
A movie like Malcolm X suffers because it is far too 'controversial' or in the 'face' for the voting academy, yet a blatant attempt at sentiment like 'the pianist' or the myriad of holocaust movies moves the academy and they get bs awards. Biggest truths of the academy awards. To win for big pciture,
1. make a tear-jerker on the holocaust 'Pianist', 'Life is beautiful' 'Schindler's list'
2. An 'epic' set in ancient times....'Ben Hur, 'Gladiator'
To get ignored, no matter how brilliant, do a movie on revolting slaves.,'Amistad', 'Rosewood'
To get noticed but not rewarded, do a movie with demure slaves. 'Glory'
***No one will get sued for prefacing their awards with white. The white emmy awards exist in two ways: Morons over the net, and the "Emmy awards".
In fact, I'd like it if the bloody pretense was gone and the Emmy and Academy awards were prefaced with "White".
Then we wouldn't have Pacino winning for overacting on Scent of a Woman when Denzel was far far better in Malclm X. We won't get pathetic gift of two best actor awards on the same fucking night. Oh how fucking nice of them. Do we wait perhaps 45 years now?