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We need to work collaboratively to see results.”Īs established over the last few months of #OscarsSoWhite coverage and controversy, Hollywood diversity is an issue that inspires much passion within the entertainment industry and beyond.īut matters of diversity aren’t a trending topic, they’re a conversation that’s been going on for decades. I think it is important that we encourage our Hispanic and Asian and other brothers and sisters to also be vocal, and to give them room to be vocal. It’s important that we do that because the way the conversation has been had traditionally is in black and white terms. “I want to see the putting together of a multicultural group of journalists to continue this conversation. Gil Robertson, president of the African American Film Critics Assn.: If the cast does not look like them, does not represent their stories, perhaps choose not to see their films and instead seek out stories that tell the diversity and the beauty and nuance of all people.”
“I would encourage everybody to be more mindful of the movies on which they spend their hard earned money. Here are the ways some proponents of increased diversity believe the conversation can continue now that awards season is over. And fighting the power is what the #OscarsSoWhite movement plans to continue doing. Both instances were a reminder, comedic or otherwise, to keep pushing for greater diversity prompted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ mostly white list of nominees for a second year in a row.
That same song, used by Spike Lee to cap his seminal film “Do the Right Thing,” also played at the end of the show as the credits rolled. When comedian Chris Rock took to the Dolby Theatre stage to start the Oscars telecast Sunday night, the track “Fight the Power” by rap group Public Enemy played in the background.