Oscars 2020: Leslie Jones sends out a message to the Oscars for lack of representation

Oscars 2020 saw its fair share of controversies ever since anuncement of its minees. Recently, Leslie Jones called out Academy over lack of diversity amongst minated individuals. comedian turned actor revealed to a news portal that she skipped voting on most of Oscars categories as re were people of colour in m. 

Leslie Jones sends out a mess to Oscars for lack of representation

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Saturday Night Live alum was invited to join Academy in 2017. actor mentioned that it did t take her long as she voted for just a few people and abstained from voting furr on. She did this to send out a mess that  Oscars lacked diversity and failed to include people of colour despite commendable performances.

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Leslie mentioned that she voted for Cynthia Erivo for her spectacular role in biographical drama Harriet. Currently, Cynthia is only woman of colour competing for Best Actress award at Oscar 2020. Leslie also shared a hashtag to draw more attention to subject, with title “More black people please”. Her comment received mixed reviews over Twitter as fans called her a racist for choosing a person of colour over several ors.

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Jones responded to criticism mentioning that she has indeed voted for ors as well and post only served as a medium to spread awareness. Previously, BAFTAs and Academy have been heavily criticised for lack of representation. It was reported by a news portal that despite having films minated for various categories, many female filmmakers did t make it to list of minees.

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