Post by: AngelOfThyNight on February 08, 2020, 11:00:27 AM
Joaquin Phoenix's impassioned BAFTA acceptance speech, in which he criticized the lack of diversity in filmmaking, showed the persistence of structural racism. Phoenix implicated himself before an overwhelmingly white, and largely stunned, audience -- and cast a strong spotlight on the lack of racial diversity in the nominations for this weekend's Academy Awards.
Source: The Oscars' 'Harriet Tubman problem' (http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_topstories/~3/rZDtvpRilI0/index.html)