27th February 2012

Source: occupyallstreets

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afternoonsnoozebutton: occupyallstreets: FACT: 94% of Academy Award voters are white, 77% are male. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the group that votes for the Oscars, is nearly 94 percent white and 77 percent male, according to a Los Angeles Times study published Sunday. Blacks are about 2 percent of the academy, and Latinos are less than 2 percent. In some sub-branches the racial disparities are even higher. The executives and writers groups, for example, are 98 percent white. And all of this year’s five nominated directors are white men, and none of the 21 producers of the nine best picture nominees is a person of color. Read More The only yellow person I see is that shiny gold statue named Oscar~ This is my surprised face

afternoonsnoozebutton:

occupyallstreets:

FACT: 94% of Academy Award voters are white, 77% are male.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the group that votes for the Oscars, is nearly 94 percent white and 77 percent male, according to a Los Angeles Times study published Sunday. Blacks are about 2 percent of the academy, and Latinos are less than 2 percent.

In some sub-branches the racial disparities are even higher. The executives and writers groups, for example, are 98 percent white. And all of this year’s five nominated directors are white men, and none of the 21 producers of the nine best picture nominees is a person of color.

Read More

The only yellow person I see is that shiny gold statue named Oscar~

This is my surprised face

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