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#OscarsSoWhite still plagues Hollywood's highest achievement awards

  • Written by Frederick Gooding, Jr., Dr. Ronald E. Moore Professor of Humanities and African American Studies, Texas Christian University
#OscarsSoWhite still plagues Hollywood's highest achievement awardsAcademy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs attends the Celebration of Black Cinema on Dec. 2, 2019, in Los Angeles.Randy Shropshire/Getty Images for the Celebration of Black Cinema

Three Black actors were nominated for Oscars in 2022, six years after the Twitter campaign #OscarsSoWhite rocked Hollywood.

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