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Oscars Seen as Slow to Embrace Diversity

Penelope Poulou

   Minorities account for two of the 20 actors and actresses nominated for
   Oscars this year, and no women were nominated in the Best Director
   category. Upon announcing the Oscar nominations, actress Issa Rae
   underscored these facts by remarking, "Congratulations to those men."

   But why is there this lack of female and minority representation four
   years after the Academy announced it would strive for greater
   diversity?

   Despite the academy's unanimous 2016 vote "to double the number of
   women and diverse members of the Academy by 2020," for a fourth
   consecutive year, change is being made but it has been slower than
   anticipated. According to the academy, 842 members were added in 2019,
   bringing the total membership of women to 32% and people of color to
   16%.

   In the past four years, no woman has received an Oscar nomination in
   the category of Best Director, while, this year, Cynthia Erivo was the
   only nonwhite actress to receive a nomination for Harriet in the acting
   categories. Other lead actresses and actors of color, such as Jennifer
   Lopez for Hustlers, Lupita Ny'ongo in Us, and Eddie Murphy in Dolemite
   is my Name, did not make the cut.
   

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