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Sandra Oh And George Takei Are Among The 25 Academy Members Protesting The Oscars’ Asian Jokes

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Read all about it at Vulture.com.

Actor George Takei

Actor George Takei

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When People of Color Are Discouraged From Going Into the Arts

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Read Julia Lee’s thoughtful piece at The Atlantic.

The hard push to go into “STEM” fields comes from advocacy groups, government, even our own families and communities…at what cost?

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Director Alejandro G. Inarritu Talks About Oscars Diversity Push

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Read at Variety.com.

Alejandro González Iñárritu in Spain during film production, 2008

Alejandro González Iñárritu in Spain during film production, 2008


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Color-Conscious Casting Fights Hollywood’s Diversity Problem

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Read at XOJane.com.

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Jada Pinkett Smith Floats Oscar Boycott After People Of Color Snubbed

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Read at Deadline.com.

Actress Jada Pinkett Smith

Actress Jada Pinkett Smith

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Cary Fukunaga’s ‘Beasts of No Nation’ Is Going to Be in Many Oscar Conversations

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Read Jada Yuan’s thoughts at Vulture.com.

Stars Idris Elba and newcomer Abraham Attah…

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Disney & the Animated Feature Oscar

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Amid Amidi’s Eloquent Take Down of The Academy’s Laziness

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‘Birdman’: A Proud Mexican’s Spot-On Take On Hollywood Sweeps Oscars

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Read a great article at NBCNews.com.

We wanted to post the “Birdman” trailer, but like so many of them, it gives away way too much.

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UCLA’s Darnell Hunt: Lack of Diversity in Oscars, Academy

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When Will Academy Learn?

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PGA Awards: Iñárritu’s “Birdman” Upsets “Boyhood”

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What Does This Say About the Oscars?

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