Study confirms the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag is painfully true

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by Sindy Cator on March 4, 2016 at 12:01 pm

Posted In: Around the Web, diversity, oscarssowhite, racism

During the Oscars last week, Twitter users were out in force, rallying round the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite. The reason? If it wasn’t obvious, the lack of racial diversity among the Academy Awards nominees. Chris Rock, the host of the awards, summed it up in his opening monologue when he said, “Why are we protesting this Oscars? It’s the 88th Academy Awards, which means this no black nominees thing happened 71 other times.” In his opening monologue, Chris Rock gave a simple explanation of why #OscarsSoWhite matters. https://t.co/jRLRL9JtcP — AJ+ (@ajplus) 1 March 2016 This week, a study from the University of Southern…