The Oscars diversity snub no one is talking about

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Oscar screenwriting awards are like a who's who of talented white men

In the history of the prestigious award's two categories (best original and best adapted screenplay), the big names range from Paddy Chayefsky to Francis Ford Coppola to Woody Allen to Aaron Sorkin. Like the higher-profile Academy Awards' categories for best director or best cinematographer, this behind-the-scenes film work praises a strangely homogenous group

This year's screenplay nominees, save for Alejandro G. Iñarritu, Nicolás Giacobone and Armando Bo of Birdman, are all white men, along with many of the other categories, which has already garnered its fair share of backlash (Ava DuVernay snub, anyone?) Read more...

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