Originally posted by Nibedicus
Found this online. If accurate, doesn't seem like racism against blacks based on stats to me. Based on these stats at least... Latinos/Asians have more of a case to complain.
These stats are from the 2000s forward, and the methodology is not sufficiently explained, however I do think that it is true that in the last decade and a half black people have been better represented (imo partly as a direct result of people pointing out and addressing the previous racism against black people in these award ceremonies), however I think the talk in this thread has been mainly about minorities and people of color (which includes Asians and Latinos who are very much underrepresented).
Here is the full article in The Economist that this graphic is from: http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2016/01/film-and-race
Originally posted by Bardock42
These stats are from the 2000s forward, and the methodology is not sufficiently explained, however I do think that it is true that in the last decade and a half black people have been better represented (imo partly as a direct result of people pointing out and addressing the previous racism against black people in these award ceremonies), however I think the talk in this thread has been mainly about minorities and people of color (which includes Asians and Latinos who are very much underrepresented).Here is the full article in The Economist that this graphic is from: http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2016/01/film-and-race
Like I said, asians and latinos make a better case about awards exclusion (Tho, as an Asian, I don't really care and only want the deserving ones to win). Black ppl? Not so much.
Originally posted by Nibedicus
Like I said, asians and latinos make a better case about awards exclusion (Tho, as an Asian, I don't really care and only want the deserving ones to win). Black ppl? Not so much.
Yeah, I think everyone wants those that are most deserving to win. Some people just view racial biases as opposed to that goal and giving white people an undue advantage.
Originally posted by Bardock42
Well, there's only the circumstantial and statistical evidence, as no one has come out to admitted to being racially biased afaik, except perhaps the Academy's commitment to solve the issue being a tacit admission.
I find the Academy's "commitment" to "solve" the "issue" (notice my use of " "?) more like simple pandering to avoid being negatively labeled, IMO.