The judges behind the Academy Awards wants you to know that they are not racist.
The Oscars are in the middle of a PR crisis with everyone commenting on the lack of non-white Oscar nominees for a second year in a row. But, the Academy Award members want you to know that they are not racist in fact, they find it extremely offensive if you suggest that they are.
“to imply that this is because all of us are racists is extremely offensive.”
According to a report on The Hollywood Reporter, Penelope Ann Miller, helped create Carlito’s Way and The Artists, she is also a member of the actors branch and could have nominated the leading actors behind Creed, Concussion, The Hateful Eight or Beasts of No Nation but, she says The Academy is not racist.
“I don’t want to be lumped into a category of being a racist because I’m certainly not and because I support and benefit from the talent of black people in this business. It was just an incredibly competitive year.”
“I voted for a number of black performers, and I was sorry they weren’t nominated,” she tells THR. “But to imply that this is because all of us are racists is extremely offensive. I don’t want to be lumped into a category of being a racist because I’m certainly not and because I support and benefit from the talent of black people in this business. It was just an incredibly competitive year.” “But to imply that this is because all of us are racists is extremely offensive. I don’t want to be lumped into a category of being a racist because I’m certainly not and because I support and benefit from the talent of black people in this business. It was just an incredibly competitive year.”
Regardless of Penelope’s opinion, many other people are thinking otherwise. As the backlash against this year’s Oscar nominations continues, Hollywood producers like George Clooney, actors like Jada Pinkett Smith, and twitter users have expressed their rage against the film making industry.
Recently, Whoopi Goldberg said production companies should be the ones leading the charge.
“There has not been a plethora of black movies because people believe we don’t want to see movies with black people in them,” Goldberg said. “This happens every year. Until there are more movies made with people of color. You get the people with the productions companies to hire. You make a stink all year – not just once a year, but all year!”
