More inclusiveness at Golden Globes but still too few people of color
January 18, 2018
(GIN)– Women were definitely in the spotlight at Sunday night’s Golden Globes. A powerful speech by Oprah Winfrey that had the crowd up on its feet was bookended by courageous actresses who echoed her call for an end to sexual harassment in the industry. But it was hard to overlook the absence of people of color in some categories, as writer Ismail Akwei pointedly observed in his column in the online Face2FaceAfrica. Two actors of African descent missed out on the theatrical prizes they deserved for sterling performances in the movie industry last year, he observed. “Despite being his first nomination at