Why Ownership of #BlackMediaMatters More to Black America than the Oscar Awards
February 17, 2016
The discussion of diversity in Hollywood, or the lack thereof, has been at a fever pitch since the nominations for the Oscar awards were released. The announcement by the Academy Awards was followed with videos made by several celebrities announcing boycotts and attempts by the Academy to regain their trust with a quickly enacted change in the awards voting policy. It’s inside media ownership that we see the starkest disparity between blacks and whites, across all major platforms: film, television, print, and digital. Yet the real discourse on diversity and inclusion doesn’t center on who’s in front of the camera