The criticism about the lack of diversity in nominations continued for a second year after the Academy Award nods were announced Thursday in Hollywood.
The hashtag #OscarsSoWhite was revived from one year ago when critics and social media commentators noticed that not one person of color was nominated for the coveted gold trophy in top categories such as Best Actor or Actress and Best Supporting Actor or Actress.
Why aren't the Asians and Hispanics raising hell? Why isn't Hollywood, land of the progressives, doing more to walk the walk on equity and diversity? Should we just divy up the nominations demographically, so that Hispanics get 17% of the noms, blacks get 13%, and native Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders get .17%? Why don't we just restructure the NBA and NFL so they're more "fair" based on population, not necessarily talent?Since 1939, when Hattie McDaniel became the first black woman to win an Oscar for "Gone with the Wind," there have been about 50 blacks nominated in the four major acting categories. For Asian and Hispanic actors, the numbers are even fewer -- less than a dozen each.
"The central issue is until you get people of color directing, writing and starring, the Oscars are going to be so white because that’s who the studios and even the indies are putting on screen," Adams said. "It’s the fountain that is tainted, not the Oscars."
Jeez, some years you simply aren't the best of the lot, others you are.
