The Academy Awards have enticed us into playing a game we were never meant to win, and it's time to stop, USA TODAY's RashaFierce writes.
USA TODAYIt's 2020, and we're right back where we were five years ago: waiting with bated breath to see which white man is going to take home yet another Oscar. But are we really surprised to see mostly white faces acknowledged with Hollywood's most prestigious award? Disheartened, yes. Surprised, definitely not.
Of the 17 black actors who have won Academy Awards, five of them were recognized for roles that reinforce stereotypes about black people, from Cuba Gooding Jr. as a NFL player in"Jerry Maguire" to Octavia Spencer as a maid in"The Help." Awkwafina, born Nora Lum, won a Golden Globe for "The Farewell" but was snubbed in the Oscar nominations.It should come as a surprise to no one that Hollywood is run by white men. It's been this way since the film industry's conception more than 100 years ago and it's this way today: Of the five major movie studios, only one is headed by a woman, Universal chairwoman Donna Langley, and she's white.
Solange Knowles put it eloquently in a tweet in which she criticized the Recording Academy's track record on diversity after Beyoncé was snubbed for album of the year at the Grammy Awards in 2017.
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