Jada Pinkett Smith and Spike Lee announced they would not be attending the awards night on 28 February over a lack of diversity among nominees.
ie they are all white for the second year running
"We cannot support it and [I] mean no disrespect ... But, how is it possible for the second consecutive year all 20 contenders under the acting category are white? And let's not even get into the other branches," Lee wrote on Instagram. "Forty white actors in two years and no flava at all. We can't act?! WTF!!"
“The Academy Awards is not where the ‘real’ battle is,” wrote Lee. “It’s in the executive office of the Hollywood studios and TV and cable networks. This is where the gate keepers decide what gets made and what gets jettisoned to ‘turnaround’ or scrap heap. This is what’s important. The gate keepers. Those with ‘the green light’ vote.”
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts...40629193553a3f
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Just a coincidence or rampant racism?