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Equality & Diversity…or Divergence?

In the news in past weeks the lack of any black nominees in the Oscars has been a much discussed subject. As a female black women who loves arts and films, the Oscars has always been the high recognition of an actor or actress no matter what their ethnicity is, however a few years back I stopped watching it as I used to as I could already see that whenever a black actor or actress that majority were not even considered a contender. That is wrong in all aspects, being in the acting career makes all actors contenders for the Oscar nomination but the people that run the film industry are an elite who do not represent the diversity of actors in films. Having a female Afro-American as a president doesn't give the actors the feeling that they are represented.

 As Jada Pinkett-Smith and Spike Lee are not attending the Oscars as a sign of their disapproval of what has been happening for the past two years I would suggest that many other colleagues and actors/actresses from any other ethnic backgrounds do the same.  In fact organise yourselves with the film critics and create other recognition awards bigger and better than the “Elite Oscars”.

The people has much more power than they actually think they have and we the audience can make or break a film, so when they flop I would like to see that so called ‘Oscar’ buzz around the same all same actor that is nominated all most every year.

There is a fight in every step of the way for a the ethnic minority, especially for black man and woman in any country and in any profession but the important is to never give up and turn things around to your benefit.

STRAIGHT OUT OF COMPTON