Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars

Allegations of a lack of diversity
The Academy Awards have long received
criticism over its lack of diversity among
the nominees.
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 This criticism
is based on the statistics from every
Academy Awards since 1929, which
shows us that only 6.4% of academy
award nominees have been non-white
and since 1991, 11.2% of nominees have
been non-white, with the rate of winners
being even more polarizing.
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 More
white actresses have won Oscars for
yellowface portrayals of Asian characters
than actual Asian actresses.
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 The
88th awards ceremony became the
target of a boycott, popularized on social
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media with the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite,
based on critics' perception that its all-
white acting nominee list reflected bias.
In response, the Academy initiated
"historic" changes in membership by the
year 2020.
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