*As the world knows, all of this year’s Oscar nominees were white. There’s been a lot of talk about the situation which highlights Hollywood’s ongoing problem with diversity, or lack there of. Well, it should come as no surprise that activists like Najee Ali and Rev. K.W. Tulloss and activist organization, the National Action Network, plan on doing something about it by bringing shame to the Academy on Tinsel Town’s biggest celebration, the Oscars or the Academy Awards.
“The National Action Network, is calling for the President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Cheryl Boone Isaacs to accelerate the academy’s push to be more inclusive. With all of this year’s acting contenders being white and no women in the directing or writing categories. It’s obvious that the academy has a diversity problem they are going to have to fix,” says Rev. K.W.Tulloss of the National Action Network.
Read more at http://www.eurweb.com/2015/02/nan-la-announces-protest-of-sundays-academy-awards-program/#u3zeve48AYSV0sDo.99
