Morphine Prince 106,459 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 The board of governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences approved dramatic changes to alter its membership to increase diversity in a unanimous vote Thursday night. The board which oversees the Oscars released Friday what it called "historic" goals to counter an explosion of criticism over minority representation. In their biggest step, the governors committed to doubling the number of women and diverse academy members by 2020. “The academy is going to lead and not wait for the industry to catch up,” said academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs in a statement. “These new measures regarding governance and voting will have an immediate impact and begin the process of significantly changing our membership composition.” A 2012 report by the Los Angeles Times showed that Oscar voters were made up of 94% Caucasian and 77% male members. The academy did not list specific numbers for the new membership goals. Source: http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2016/01/22/academy-takes-historic-steps-increase-diversity/79183500/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JusKeepBreathin 19,311 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 The problem isn't really the amount of black actors in the academy the problem is more than likely every other category...editors, cinematographers, composers of a score. That's probably IMO why the membership is so unbalanced. "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." -Martin Luther King Jr. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiona Apple 13,006 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Gosh this joke needs to stop They need to start caring more and giving more attention to people dying in Africa every day,than this fake racism on the oscar nominees Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanPianoMusic 730 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 There is no word in any language to describe how hilarious I will find it when next year #OscarsSoWhite happens again. But it's an improvement, I guess. The next year that this happens they can blame a more diverse Academy! You will never please everyone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray of Light 8,134 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Nicki Minaj ha Oscar is coming Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kermit 15,807 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 “For me, insanity is super sanity. The normal is psychotic. Normal means lack of imagination, lack of creativity.” ― Jean Dubuffet Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LebaneseDude 6,146 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Well I don't see why not. Good on them Given that we expect the Academy members to be impartial, I don't see why people here are assuming that more diversity will imply more minority nominations anyway. It just means that the minorities will provide more viewpoints and freshen up the system. That's always good. Also minority potential nominees might be more at ease when they campaign for the Oscar. Edited just now by LebaneseDude. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LebaneseDude 6,146 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 27 minutes ago, CurlyBae said: Gosh this joke needs to stop They need to start caring more and giving more attention to people dying in Africa every day,than this fake racism on the oscar nominees There is always a problem bigger than the next. I agree that the OscarsSoWhite thing is beyond ridiculous, but the steps being taken to alleviate these conceptions are hardly a bad thing on their own. Edited just now by LebaneseDude. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion Heart 15,041 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 This is a good start. I applaud them. ▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀▄▀ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiona Apple 13,006 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 1 minute ago, LebaneseDude said: There is always a problem bigger than the next. I agree that the OscarsSoWhite thing is beyond ridiculous, but the steps being taken to alleviate these conceptions are hardly a bad thing on their own. That's what I meant..They really think that this "racism" is the problem that black people have..But there are actually so much bigger problems...The media should start focusing on more important things than this crap.. But obviously they will never do that because the whole system is on purpose this way Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo 7,864 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Glad they went this way, it seemed that they were going to force minority nominations which I think would be unfair. Don't visit my profile Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMROD 109,916 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Hmmmm, by minority, did they refer to Blacks only, or Asians, Native American, and Latin people included? I am confused here since it's not plural. Will there be more Asians and Latin actors and actresses get main roles? And not just some side kick or comical roles. Bigger chance to win any bonafide awards? Will this be actually "historic"? We'll see, I guess. (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ hating pop music doesn't make you deep (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sursumd 44 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Minorities are far more racist against white people than the opposite these days. Minority voters will simply vote for minority candidates for the sake of "inclusion and diversity" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEVDALIZA 1,274 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 8 minutes ago, sursumd said: Minorities are far more racist against white people than the opposite these days. Minority voters will simply vote for minority candidates for the sake of "inclusion and diversity" oh my oh. my. gonna be chill, not gonna lash out on you, but PLEASE educate yourself, how f*cking ridiculous operating from another world Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CannaeDrive 3,412 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 This is going to be worse than the present situation of system voting, which is not perfect but at least is not skewed/depreciated by entering systematically ethnic/race/color/minorities factors. Bye Oscars. "Fame Is A Boomerang" - Maria Callas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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