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06-30-2016, 12:53 AM
The Academy just took a huge step toward ending #OscarsSoWhite
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LOS ANGELES — For all the grief the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has taken for*#OscarsSoWhite — much of it deserved, some incidental to the industry it represents — you can't say they haven't made an effort to make this right. **t after Wednesday, anyway.
AMPAS just an**unced its incoming class for 2016 (http://www.app.oscars.org/class2016/?hq_e=el&hq_m=467892&hq_l=1&hq_v=92c4c068ef):*683 active actors, directors, writers and other Hollywood operators. And get this: 41% of those are people of color.
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That new infusion moves the needle from 8% people of color in the Academy overall (an abysmal number) to 11% (a somewhat less abysmal number). But that's how you turn an aircraft carrier — one hard-fought degree at a time. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/06/29/academy-incoming-class-oscars-so-white/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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LOS ANGELES — For all the grief the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has taken for*#OscarsSoWhite — much of it deserved, some incidental to the industry it represents — you can't say they haven't made an effort to make this right. **t after Wednesday, anyway.
AMPAS just an**unced its incoming class for 2016 (http://www.app.oscars.org/class2016/?hq_e=el&hq_m=467892&hq_l=1&hq_v=92c4c068ef):*683 active actors, directors, writers and other Hollywood operators. And get this: 41% of those are people of color.
SEE ALSO: Hollywood is finally opening up to Asian Americans (http://mashable.com/2016/06/19/hollywood-asian-americans/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
That new infusion moves the needle from 8% people of color in the Academy overall (an abysmal number) to 11% (a somewhat less abysmal number). But that's how you turn an aircraft carrier — one hard-fought degree at a time. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/06/29/academy-incoming-class-oscars-so-white/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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