Last week's Oscar nominations sparked a major diversity controversy when, for the second year in a row, all 20 acting honors went to white actors. The hashtag #OscarsSoWhite immediately began trending on Twitter, and critics, fans, and celebrities were left wondering how it was possible that so many of this year's acclaimed performances by minorities, such as Idris Elba in Beasts of No Nation and Michael B. Jordan in Creed, were shut out by the Academy. On Martin Luther King Day, director Spike ...
Last week's Oscar nominations sparked a major diversity controversy when, for the second year in a row, all 20 acting honors went to white actors. The hashtag #OscarsSoWhite immediately began trending on Twitter, and critics, fans, and celebrities were left wondering how it was possible that so many of this year's acclaimed performances by minorities, such as Idris Elba in Beasts of No Nation and Michael B. Jordan in Creed, were shut out by the Academy. On Martin Luther King Day, director Spike ...
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