Spike Lee Adds His Voice to #OscarsSoWhite Outcry

Governors Award recipient, on #MLKDay, explains why he plans to skip this year's main ceremony.

On this Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has a growing problem on its hands. The anger of high-profile members over the lack of diversity at the Oscars.

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It’s a groundswell that is setting up as the most incendiary monologue topic for returning host Chris Rock. From today’s social media declaration by Spike Lee, which follows a series of tweets earlier this weekend by Jada Pinkett Smith:

It’s amazing how far sports and music have moved ahead of Hollywood and television, but maybe we can learn from them too.

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