Stephen King calls out Oscars 2020, says they are "rigged" in favour of "white folks"

Stephen King recently, in a guest editorial for Washington Post, talked about how Oscar Awards 2020 are rigged for benefit of “white folks”. In his article, Stephen King also talked about backlash he received for one of his recent tweets that talked about quality over diversity. Read on to kw more details about this Stephen King article.

King talks about racism at Oscars 2020

Stephen King is one of most celebrated horror fantasy writers in world. But recently, in one of his guest editorials for a leading publication, Stephen King talked about Oscars 2020 being racist. He famously made this statement, “ response reflects my overall attitude that, as with justice, judgments of creative excellence should be blind. But that would be case in a perfect world, one where game isn’t rigged in favour of white folks.”

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Stephen King started his editorial by giving clarification to his tweet that stated, “I would never consider diversity in matters of art. Only quality. It seems to me that to do orwise would be wrong.” In his clarification of this tweet, Carrie writer said that most important thing we can do as artists or creative people is to make sure everyone has same fair shot, regardless of sex, colour, or orientation. He concluded his clarification by stating that body can win if you are being shut out of game.

Stephen King n went on to explain his point by mentioning Netflix miniseries When y See Us. Netflix series focuses on wrongful conviction of Central Park Five in famous female jogger rape case due to racist individuals being present in judicial system. Stephen King n took jabs voting system of Academy that only included 32 percent female voters and only 16 percent mirity members in total.

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Stephen King in this article also talked about how Oscars 2020 minations namely Irishman, Ford v Ferrari, Joker, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood all have white leads. He n went on to explain how in one of his adaptations, Idris Alba played role of a gunslinger and was chosen regardless of his skin colour. King n said that his response to choosing Idris Alba reflects on his overall attitude that creative excellence should be blind. But this would be case in a perfect world where game is t rigged in favour of white folks, Stephen King concluded.

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