For the second year in a row Hollywood yet again showed a lack of diversity at the 2016 Oscars. Last year the Oscar's nominations stirred up a great deal of controversy when there were few African American's receiving nominations, this year a record breaking zero were up for Oscars. Another reason why this caused such a controversy was that several major films such as Straight outta Compton and Concussion received no nominations. Both of these films were highly anticipated box office hits. Not only were none of these films acknowledged but none of the films that were nominated contained African Americans. Some believe that the lack of diversity reflects a bias against minorities and women within the academy, but the problem lies within Hollywood's major studies and agencies.
In an effort to retaliate the black community especially, believed that they should retaliate by boycotting the Oscars this year. One of the main issues with this is that the person hosting the Oscars was Chris Rock, a well known black comedian. This appeared to offer the black community some appeasement for the fact that no blacks received nominations, making a boycott less valid. In response to this the black community suggested that Chris Rock not host the awards. Although under pressure, he chose to host them and used this as a venue to speak out against the racism that black actors face. Many people believe that if black actors were given the same opportunities as the major white actors such as Brad Pitt, Jennifer Lawrence etc they would receive more nominations. This article offers more information regarding the all white Oscars.
Although Hollywood appears to be an ever evolving community that maintains up to date with the newest social trends, there is still an obvious racial disadvantage that has yet to be amended. This article offers more information on the topic of the all white oscars.
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