http://youtu.be/E9GqeY5XjWE
For the second year in a row the 20 most acclaimed awards at the Academy Awards are going to be received by all white people. Not a single black person nominated. This infuriates Jada Pinkett Smith. She's decided to boycott the Oscars this year due to the lack of diverse nominations and many are following behind her. Looking deeper into this issue, I've found that it turns out that 94% of the academy is white. Many would agree that this is the main factor behind the lack of black nominations. This kind of thing is getting old.
So disheartening to hear these nominations once again this year are all white... good work covering this, and a great idea to include the clip with Lee and Smith talking about why they are boycotting it.
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