Wednesday, January 08, 2020
BAFTA Upset at Lack of Diversity in ... Their Own Nominations?
The Mary Sue: The acting nominations for the BAFTA awards this year had all white actors in every acting category—much to the chagrin of the BAFTAs, even though … they are the ones who would have been responsible for changing that very paradigm.
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I don’t typically pay any attention to awards shows. It just was not something I grew up with at all. Sadly, it is not all that surprising to see a set of actor nominations with zero people of color in it, but the fact that the nominators blamed the industry for this nomination year is ridiculous. As stated in the article, there were plenty of standout films with people of color in leading and supporting roles who should have been nominated. While it is still valid to complain that the industry needs to do more, that does not explain how zero POC were nominated in the acting categories, especially with a white actor being nominated TWICE. I had no idea it would even be possible for one performer to be nominated twice. That seems really unfair considering how few slots there are. I hope the backlash being faced now will convince the committee to do better next year.
Honestly, what else is new, If the people in charge really are that upset over the lack of diversity within their own award nominees...you would think they would have thought about it initially? We all remember #oscarssowhite, and the long history of seeing all white, mostly male faces on the screen when the nominees for a category are announced. As the article and comment above pointed out, it is not like there were not any films starring actors of color that were deserving for a nomination. If somebody says that, that there “just were not any eligible/deserving actors/films of color this year” then they are just trying to find an excuse for keeping the industry elitist and exclusive. The unfortunate issue is, most of these organizations of people who choose the nominees, are made up of almost completely white people, and mostly men. How can we change this? The Oscar's academy has made statements saying there are efforts being made to diversify it’s deciding ranks, but what percentage of the 6,000 members of the academy are people of color?
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