Should Justin Timberland + Robin Thicke Win NAACP Award? [POLL]

The 45th Annual NAACP Image Awards has announced their 2014 list of nominees. Justin Timberlake and Robin Thicke lead the list -- and they are white!

#HotTopicTuesday: Who should be eligible to win an award created for "colored" people?

Two of the 5 NAACP nominees in the categories of Outstanding Male Artist, Outstanding Collaboration and Outstanding Album are white performers. (You can see the full list below.)

R&B stars Robin Thicke and Justin Timberlake have no doubt provided the soundtrack these past 12 months with their hits "Suit & Tie" and "Blurred Lines", which became a popular line dance in the black community.

But does the Image Award's attempt to be more inclusive in their nomination diminish the original mission to honor African-American performers who are often ignored by mainstream Hollywood award shows? As much as I love both of these artists' music, I can't help but think of the other musicians "of color" who will miss their chance to be nominated and win at this or any other award show.

A perfect example is actress Kerry Washington, who was snubbed by the Emmys and Golden Globes for her work in Scandal but received high honors at the NAACP Image Awards.

2014 NAACP Image Award Nominees

MUSIC

Outstanding New Artist:
Ariana Grande (Republic Records)
Candice Glover (19 Recordings/Interscope Records)
K. Michelle (Atlantic Records)
RaVaughn Brown (Columbia Records)
Zendaya (Hollywood Records)

Outstanding Male Artist:
Bruno Mars (Atlantic Records)
Charlie Wilson (RCA Records)
John Legend (Columbia Records)
Justin Timberlake (RCA Records)
Robin Thicke (Star Trak/Interscope)

Outstanding Female Artist:
Beyoncé (Columbia Records)
India.Arie (Motown Records)
Janelle Monáe (Bad Boy/Atlantic)
Ledisi (Verve Records)
Mary J Blige (Verve Records/Interscope)

Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration:
"#Beautiful" - Mariah Carey feat. Miguel (Island Def Jam)
"Blurred Lines" - Robin Thicke feat. T.I. & Pharrell (Star Trak/Interscope)
"Fire We Make" - Alicia Keys feat. Maxwell (RCA Records)
"Hurt You" - Toni Braxton feat. Babyface (Motown Records)
"Suit & Tie" - Justin Timberlake feat. Jay-Z (RCA Records)

Outstanding Jazz Album:
"Summer Horns" - Dave Koz, Gerald Albright, Mindi Abair, Richard Elliot (Concord Records)
"The Beat" - Boney James (Concord Records)
"The Messenger" - Kevin Eubanks (Mack Avenue Records)
"The Morning After: A Musical Love Journey" - Najee (Shanachie)
"The Songs of Stevie Wonder" - SFJAZZ Collective (SFJAZZ Records)

Outstanding Gospel Album - (Traditional or Contemporary):
"20 Year Celebration Volume 1 - Best For Last" - Donald Lawrence (Quietwater Entertainment/eOne Music)
"Azusa: The Next Generation" - Hezekiah Walker (RCA Inspiration)
"Best Days Deluxe Edition" - Tamela Mann (Tillymann Music)
"Good God" - Shirley Caesar (eOne Music)
"Music From the Motion Picture Black Nativity" - Various (RCA Inspiration)

Outstanding World Music Album:
"Coming from a Lady" - Lady Ele (13 Black Records)
"Live At The Royal Albert Hall" - Emeli Sande (Capitol)
"Natalie Cole en Español" - Natalie Cole (Verve Records)
"Sing To The Moon" - Laura Mvula (Columbia Records)
"The Standards" - Gloria Estefan (Masterworks)

Outstanding Music Video:
"Cocoa Butter" - India.Arie (Motown Records)
"Fire We Make" - Alicia Keys feat. Maxwell (RCA Records)
"Made To Love" - John Legend (Columbia Records)
"Q.U.E.E.N." - Janelle Monáe feat. Erykah Badu (Bad Boy/Atlantic)
"Treasure" - Bruno Mars (Atlantic Records)

Outstanding Song:
"All Of Me" - John Legend (Columbia Records)
"Blurred Lines " - Robin Thicke feat. T.I. & Pharrell (Star Trak/Interscope)
"Fire We Make" - Alicia Keys feat. Maxwell (RCA Records)
"Q.U.E.E.N." - Janelle Monáe feat. Erykah Badu (Bad Boy/Atlantic)
"Treasure" - Bruno Mars (Atlantic Records)

Outstanding Album:
"20/20 Experience - The Complete Experience" - Justin Timberlake (RCA Records)
"Blurred Lines" - Robin Thicke (Star Trak/Interscope)
"Love In The Future" - John Legend (Columbia Records)
"Love, Charlie" - Charlie Wilson (RCA Records)
"The Electric Lady" - Janelle Monáe (Bad Boy/Atlantic)

TELEVISION

Outstanding Comedy Series:
"House of Lies" (Showtime)
"Modern Family" (ABC)
"Real Husbands of Hollywood" (BET)
"The Game" (BET)
"The Soul Man" (TV Land)

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series:
Andre Braugher - "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (FOX)
Cedric The Entertainer - "The Soul Man" (TV Land)
Don Cheadle - "House of Lies" (Showtime)
Dulé Hill - "Psych" (USA Network)
Kevin Hart - "Real Husbands of Hollywood" (BET)

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series:
Aisha Tyler - "Archer" (FX Networks)
Mindy Kaling - "The Mindy Project" (FOX)
Niecy Nash - "The Soul Man" (TV Land)
Tasha Smith - "Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse" (OWN)
Wendy Raquel Robinson - "The Game" (BET)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series:
Boris Kodjoe - "Real Husbands of Hollywood" (BET)
Jerry "J B Smoove" Brooks - "Real Husbands of Hollywood" (BET)
Morris Chestnut - "Nurse Jackie" (Showtime)
Nick Cannon - "Real Husbands of Hollywood" (BET)
Tracy Morgan - "30 Rock" (NBC)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series:
Anna Deavere Smith - "Nurse Jackie" (Showtime)
Brandy Norwood - "The Game" (BET)
Nia Long - "House of Lies" (Showtime)
Rashida Jones - "Parks and Recreation" (NBC)
Sofia Vergara - "Modern Family" (ABC)

Outstanding Drama Series:
"Boardwalk Empire" (HBO)
"Grey's Anatomy" (ABC)
"Scandal" (ABC)
"The Good Wife" (CBS)
"Treme" (HBO)

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series:
James Pickens, Jr. - "Grey's Anatomy" (ABC)
LL Cool J - "NCIS: Los Angeles" (CBS)
Michael Ealy - "Almost Human" (FOX)
Shemar Moore - "Criminal Minds" (CBS)
Wendell Pierce - "Treme" (HBO)

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series:
Chandra Wilson - "Grey's Anatomy" (ABC)
Kerry Washington - "Scandal" (ABC)
Khandi Alexander - "Treme" (HBO)
Nicole Beharie - "Sleepy Hollow" (FOX)
Regina King - "SouthLAnd" (TNT)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series:
Columbus Short - "Scandal" (ABC)
Guillermo Diaz - "Scandal" (ABC)
Jeffrey Wright - "Boardwalk Empire" (HBO)
Joe Morton - "Scandal" (ABC)
Michael Kenneth Williams - "Boardwalk Empire" (HBO)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series:
Archie Panjabi - "The Good Wife" (CBS)
Debbie Allen - "Grey's Anatomy" (ABC)
Diahann Carroll - "White Collar" (USA)
Taraji P. Henson - "Person of Interest" (CBS)
Vanessa L. Williams - "666 Park Avenue" (ABC)

Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special:
"Being Mary Jane" (BET)
"Betty & Coretta" (Lifetime)
"CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story" (VH1)
"Luther" (BBC America)
"Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight" (HBO)

Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special:
Chiwetel Ejiofor - "Dancing on the Edge" (Starz)
Danny Glover - "Muhammad Ali's Greatest (HBO)
Idris Elba - "Luther" (BBC America)
Malik Yoba - "Betty & Coretta" (Lifetime)
Omari Hardwick - "Being Mary Jane" (BET)

Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special:
Angela Bassett - "American Horror Story: Coven" (FX Networks)
Angela Bassett - "Betty & Coretta" (Lifetime)
Gabourey Sidibe - "American Horror Story: Coven" (FX Networks)
Gabrielle Union - "Being Mary Jane" (BET)
Keke Palmer - "CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story" (VH1)

Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series:
Aaron D. Spears - "The Bold and the Beautiful" (CBS)
Kristoff St. John - "The Young and the Restless" (CBS)
Lawrence Saint Victor - "The Bold and the Beautiful" (CBS)
Redaric Williams - "The Young and the Restless" (CBS)
Tequan Richmond - "General Hospital" (ABC)

Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series:
Angell Conwell - "The Young and the Restless" (CBS)
Christel Khalil - "The Young and the Restless" (CBS)
Karla Mosley - "The Bold and the Beautiful" (CBS)
Kristolyn Lloyd - "The Bold and the Beautiful" (CBS)
Tatyana Ali - "The Young and the Restless" (CBS)

Outstanding News/ Information - (Series or Special):
"Justice for Trayvon" (BET)
"Mandela: Freedom's Father" (BET)
"Oprah: Where Are They Now?" (OWN)
"The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr." (PBS)
"Unsung" (TV One)

Outstanding Talk Series:
"Oprah's Lifeclass" (OWN)
"Oprah's Next Chapter" (OWN)
"Steve Harvey" (Syndicated)
"The Arsenio Hall Show" (Syndicated)
"The Queen Latifah Show" (Syndicated)

Outstanding Reality Series:
"Iyanla: Fix My Life" (OWN)
"Shark Tank" (ABC)
"Sunday Best" (BET)
"The Voice" (NBC)
"Welcome to Sweetie Pie's" (OWN)

Outstanding Variety Series or Special:
"12 Years A Slave: A TV One Special with Cathy Hughes" (TV One)
"Black Girls Rock!" (BET)
"Key & Peele" (Comedy Central)
"Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth" (HBO)
"Oprah's Master Class" (OWN)

Outstanding Children’s Program:
"2013 HALO Awards" (Nickelodeon/TeenNick)
"A.N.T. Farm" (Disney Channel)
"Dora the Explorer" (Nickelodeon)
"Postcards: Mandela" (The Africa Channel)
"Wynton Marsalis: A YoungArts MasterClass" (HBO)

Outstanding Performance in a Youth/ Children’s Program - (Series or Special):
China Anne McClain - "A.N.T. Farm" (Disney Channel)
Eric I. Keyes, III - "Live Life and Win!" (Syndicated)
Fatima Ptacek - "Dora the Explorer" (Nickelodeon)
Karan Brar - "Jessie" (Disney Channel)
Zendaya - "Shake It Up" (Disney Channel)

MOTION PICTURE

Outstanding Motion Picture:
"12 Years A Slave" (River Road/Plan B/New Regency/Fox Searchlight Pictures)
"Fruitvale Station" (The Weinstein Company/Forest Whitaker's Significant Productions, OG Project)
"Lee Daniels' The Butler" (The Weinstein Company/Lee Daniels Entertainment, Laura Ziskin Productions, Windy Hill Pictures, Follow Through Productions, Salamander Pictures, Pam Williams Productions)
"Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom" (The Weinstein Company/Distant Horizon, Origin Pictures, Pathé, Videovision Entertainment)
"The Best Man Holiday" (Universal Pictures)

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture:
Chadwick Boseman - "42" (Warner Bros. Pictures/Legendary Pictures)
Chiwetel Ejiofor - "12 Years A Slave" (River Road/Plan B/New Regency/Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Forest Whitaker - "Lee Daniels' The Butler" (The Weinstein Company/Lee Daniels Entertainment, Laura Ziskin Productions, Windy Hill Pictures, Follow Through Productions, Salamander Pictures, Pam Williams Productions)
Idris Elba - "Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom" (The Weinstein Company/Distant Horizon, Origin Pictures, Pathé, Videovision Entertainment)
Michael B. Jordan - "Fruitvale Station" (The Weinstein Company/Forest Whitaker's Significant Productions, OG Project)

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture:
Angela Bassett - "Black Nativity" (Fox Searchlight Pictures/Mavin Pictures/Wonderful Films)
Halle Berry - "The Call" (TriStar Pictures)
Jennifer Hudson - "Winnie Mandela" (Ma-Afrika Films (PTY) LTD and Equinoxe Films Inc.)
Kerry Washington - "Tyler Perry Presents Peeples" (Lionsgate)
Nicole Beharie - "42" (Warner Bros. Pictures/Legendary Pictures)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture:
Cuba Gooding Jr. - "Lee Daniels' The Butler" (The Weinstein Company/Lee Daniels Entertainment, Laura Ziskin Productions, Windy Hill Pictures, Follow Through Productions, Salamander Pictures, Pam Williams Productions)
David Oyelowo - "Lee Daniels' The Butler" (The Weinstein Company/Lee Daniels Entertainment, Laura Ziskin Productions, Windy Hill Pictures, Follow Through Productions, Salamander Pictures, Pam Williams Productions)
Morris Chestnut - "The Best Man Holiday" (Universal Pictures)
Terrence Howard - "Lee Daniels' The Butler" (The Weinstein Company/Lee Daniels Entertainment, Laura Ziskin Productions, Windy Hill Pictures, Follow Through Productions, Salamander Pictures, Pam Williams Productions)
Terrence Howard - "The Best Man Holiday" (Universal Pictures)

Outstanding Documentary - (Television):
"Beyoncé: Life Is But a Dream" (HBO)
"Dark Girls" (OWN)
"Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic " (Showtime)
"Venus Vs." (ESPN)
"Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley" (HBO)

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series:
Erica Montolfo-Bura - "The Game" - In Treatment (BET)
Karin Gist - "House of Lies" - Sincerity is an Easy Disguise in This Business (Showtime)
Mara Brock Akil - "The Game" - The Blueprint I & II (BET)
Ralph Farquhar, Chris Spencer - "Real Husbands of Hollywood" - Rock, Paper, Stealers (BET)
Vincent Brown - "A.N.T. Farm" - influANTces (Disney Channel)