So this pretty much explains it
Who decides who wins the little gold men at the Oscars? It turns out it’s mostly old, white men.
This fact alone isn’t earth-shattering if you’ve ever paid attention to which movies get nominated or you happened to notice what a big effing deal it was for a black women to win a Best Actress award in the 21st century.
But the Los Angeles Times conducted a recent study to figure out just HOW white and old and male the Academy really is. The actual figures themselves are pretty stunning (although it does not break down how many of these members are old, white and male):
- 94% are white
- 2% are black
- < 2% are latino
- 77% were male
- 62 years old is the median age
- 14% are under 50 years old
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awesomeness2 said:
What is your point?
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