Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Lupita Nyong'o criticizes Oscar Award voters

http://healthyceleb.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Lupita-Nyongo-weight.jpgThoughts: 'It has me thinking about unconscious prejudice and what merits prestige in our culture,' Nyong'o said of the absence of non-white acting nominees
Lupita Nyong'o is the latest star to address the complete lack of diversity among this year's acting nominees for the Academy Award.  The actress, who won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 2014 for her performance in 12 Years a Slave, wrote on Instagram. see post after the cut.


Speaking out: Lupita Nyong'o criticized the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for their lack of diversity in this year's Oscar nominees (above with fellow Oscar winners Matthew McConaughey, Cate Blanchett and Jared Leto in 2014)
'I am disappointed buy the lack on inclusion in this year's Academy Award nominations.
'It has me thinking about unconscious prejudice and what merits prestige in our culture.'

Nyong'o did not however say she would be boycotting the awards like fellow actress Jada Pinkett Smith and fellow Oscar recipient Spike Lee, but did write; 'I stand with my peers who are calling for change in expanding the stories that are told and the recognition of the people who tell them.'
 Thoughts: 'It has me thinking about unconscious prejudice and what merits prestige in our culture,' Nyong'o said of the absence of non-white acting nominees



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