| Wonktonodi said: Yes, Rosa Parks and the entire black community boycott the Montgomery bus system for over a year, though this is a very different case. |
Ah, I should have been a little more clear.
There was a boycott, but it came *after* the high-visibility event. Indeed, the mere fact that I didn't know about the boycott demonstrates my point. The boycott there was simply the way to keep up the pressure, after the fact. It wasn't a boycott for awareness, it was a boycott to drain money from the Montgomery Bus system. Boycotts are effective when they put economic pressure on a company.
In other words, if they want a boycott that would affect the Oscars, they need to get people to not watch the Oscars, perhaps even to refuse to watch movies for some period of time. But a boycott would be the wrong move anyway - this isn't an economic issue in any respect, it's a social issue. This is about respect, not rights.
