6. CALL HER QUVENZHANE

Quvenzhane Wallis has a beautiful name that deserves respect, but that’s not what she got. At 9 years old she was the youngest nominee for Best Actress in its’ 85 year history. She had her name made fun of by host Seth MacFarland calling it an “eye chart”. WGN-TV Dean Richards posted a bastardization of her name on his Facebook page, adding a whole bunch of nonsense letters to it. And an annonymous Academy voter boldly said this in aHollywood Reporter article:

“I also don’t vote for anyone whose name I can’t pronounce. Quvez—? Quzen—? Quyzenay? Her parents really put her in a hole by giving her that name — Alphabet Wallis. The truth is, it’s a very sweet but immature performance from a 9-year-old. I’ve directed children. They probably did a thousand takes and put the best ones together.”

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