Four Years After #OscarsSoWhite, the Academy Reached Its Diversity Goal
On Tuesday, the Academy of Motion Picture and Sciences announced that it had surpassed its goal of doubling the number of women and people of color by 2020. The goal was set after 2016, when the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag went viral and targeted the Academy for its lack of diversity and for consistently omitting nominees of […]
White Actors Should Not Voice Black Characters, Even if They’re Cartoons
On Wednesday, actress and comedian Jenny Slate posted on Instagram that she would no longer be voicing Missy, a Black girl on the animated Netflix show Big Mouth. Slate said in her statement that she was no longer comfortable playing the character, and that “black characters on an animated show should be voiced by black […]
‘This is Us’ Actor Lonnie Chavis Called Out Racism in Hollywood
Best known for playing young Randall on the popular NBC drama This is Us, 12-year-old Lonnie Chavis shared his experiences of racism as a Black boy in the television industry. In an Instagram post, Chavis said that he noticed the lack of Black faces on set and that he was often treated differently than his […]
‘The Good Place’ Creator Megan Amram Was ‘Cancelled’ For Offensive Tweets
‘The Good Place’ creator Megan Amram faced intense backlash after racist and homophobic Tweets she wrote between 2011 and 2013 resurfaced online. Among other things, she used a slur that compared Asians to people with down syndrome and said she would kill all gay people if she had a time machine. William Jackson Harper, who […]
Lacrae Was Called Out For Letting Pastor Refer to White Privilege as ‘White Blessing’
Lacrae, a Black hip-hop artist, sat down with Atlanta megachurch Pastor Louie Giglio on June 14 to discuss race and religion in a videotaped service. Dan Cathy, the CEO of Chick-Fil-A, also took part in the conversation. The service was intended to create “an open and honest conversation around how racism has plagued our city […]
Spongebob Was Just Outed as Part of the LGBTQIA+ Community
On Saturday, Nickelodeon suggested on Twitter that SpongeBob Squarepants is part of the LGBTQIA community. In its post, Nickelodeon said that it was celebrating Pride month with the LGBTQ+ community and included a picture of SpongeBob and Avatar Korra from “The Legend of Korra.” Although we are less surprised than SpongeBob probably thought we would […]
