by Ronda Racha Penrice, Urban News Service There’s nothing new about #OscarsSoWhite. Once upon a time, Hollywood’s diversity battle stretched as far as The White House. For the second year in a row, there are no people of color nominated for Oscars in any acting category. In protest, a social-media storm erupted, as did a […]
How Black Twitter Ignited An Oscar Viewing Boycott
By Rebecca Theodore-Vachon February 27, 2015 This photo released by Paramount Pictures shows a scene from the film, “Selma,” from Paramount Pictures, Pathé, and Harpo Films. (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, Atsushi Nishijima) “The Oscars aren’t designed for us.” In 2011, Idris Elba was a featured speaker at Rutgers University during a series […]