In the face of increasing outrage over a second consecutive year of all-white acting nominations, Cheryl Boone Isaacs issued a statement Tuesday saying she was both “heartbroken and frustrated” by the situation, and that the Academy will start a review of its membership recruitment in order to bring more diversity into its ranks. A 2014 Los Angeles Times study found that despite similar recent efforts, the average Academy member remains a 63-year-old white male. “Change is not coming as fast as we would like,” Boone Isaacs said. “We need to do more, and better and more quickly.”
The Academy president is heartbroken about #OscarsSoWhite.
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