every time they walk out their home. Does America cherish its diversity? We were shown two arguments that supported its own claim in some way. In Jena McGregor’s article, “Fixing Hollywood’s Diversity Problem”, she claims that America doesn’t cherish its diversity based on the Academy Awards this year. In Eboo Patel’s article, “Making the Future Better, Together”, he claims that America does cherish its diversity by giving examples of two of the most well-known people that changed a lot in America
many controversies about the lack of diversity in Hollywood and one of the most recent one was the 2016 Oscars. The Oscars is an award show that showcase the best people in front and behind the camera. Unfortunately there was barely any diversity in the nominations this year since most nominators were white, even though there was many diverse films that were considered Oscar worthy. With that being said,people protested that there needs to be more diversity in these categories and some actors agreeing
In discussions of diversity and equality, one controversial issue has been the debate of whether or not America cherishes our diversity. On one hand, some say they are unsure about the topic. On the other hand, some people oppose that America does not cherish our diversity. My own view is that America does cherish our diversity, however it’s not a very obvious view for various reasons. Mainly because of how far we’ve come with time, but how over-generalizations has caused us to believe that we don’t
The site was chosen in assignment two and is the 2015 Aria Awards, which is an annual event, held annually in Sydney exclusively for the music industry. The Aria Awards were chosen has been chosen as I work in the music industry and have a passion for new and existing talent. The Aria Awards involves forms of intercultural communication in various areas and situations that can be detailed in three theories. Identifying or focusing on three situations on a particular aspect of the site and providing
SUNY Empire State College Diversity Research Paper: M5 Diversity Audit Angela Politzi Diversity in the Workplace BME-213164 Dr. Robin Churray June 7, 2015 Criteria For the criteria of measuring the effectiveness of the diversity within MasterCard, I will research different aspects that reflect their commitment to having a strong diversity image. I will assess their various diversity programs and analyze how they are benefiting the organization, in terms of capturing market share and
For the last two years, the Oscars have come under fire in the last two years with their lack of nominations of people with color. The Oscars otherwise known as the Academy Awards is an award show to highlight and give praise to the best movies and short films of the year, including in this prestigious awards are the actors and actresses that star in these blockbusters and they are, as well as their movies praised on the highest level for their craft. However what has become under scrutiny is the
society, this gives the filmmakers and show runners and incredibly powerful and socially responsible position. Not only is there a pressure to produce good content, but in these changing times it is unequivocal that representation is on the forefront of their minds. Unfortunately to many people of color, women, and those who identify as non-binary, this responsibility is not met. One example of this underrepresentation was seen at the 2015 and 2016 Academy Awards wherein there seemed to be a severe
Trying to fix a diversity problem doesn’t have an instant solution. The Academy is facing this and dealing with the racial representation in the Oscar Awards as it has become a huge problem in Hollywood. Ira Deutchman, a member of the Academy, has stated “Like many Academy members, I was embarrassed and disappointed when this year’s Oscar nominees were announced, but I wasn't shocked. After all, no season passes without several scathing articles about the lack of diversity in Hollywood, both on the
Jada Pinkett Smith, the wife of Will Smith, an actor made a video that went viral calling on other Black actors and actresses to boycott the Oscars because she believes it lacks diversity. The ‘All white Oscars nominees’ with no Black actors or actresses was seen as racial bias to some African-Americans. They believe that Black actors and actresses have made tremendous contributions to the success of the movie industry, and need to be appreciated on their works just as the white actors and actresses
The Oscars is an annual American award ceremony hosted by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Science in recognition of the excellence in cinematic achievements within the film industry (as decided by the voting members). For the second year in a row, when the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Science announced its Oscar nominees, only white actors and actresses were among the handful selected for the top categories. Resulting in the reinvigoration of the social media hash tag “Oscar So White”