The Oscars are facing another protest from Hollywood stars, this time for racially insensitive jokes made by host Chris Rock at this year’s ceremony.
On Wednesday, 25 members of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences who are of Asian descent sent a letter to the Academy protesting a number of “tasteless” skits that took place at the 88th Academy Awards on Feb. 28.
The letter read, in part:
“We are writing as Academy members of Asian descent to express our complete surprise and disappointment with the targeting of Asians at the 88th Oscars telecast and its perpetuation of racist stereotypes.
"In light of criticism over #OscarsSoWhite, we were hopeful that the telecast would provide the Academy a way forward and the chance to present a spectacular example of inclusion and diversity. Instead, the Oscars show was marred by a tone-deaf approach to its portrayal of Asians.
"We’d like to know how such tasteless and offensive skits could have happened and what process you have in place to preclude such unconscious or outright bias and racism toward any group in future Oscars telecasts.”
Among those who signed the letter of protest are Oscar-winning director Ang Lee, Grey’s Anatomy star Sandra Oh and Star Trek’s George Takei, among many others who belong to various branches of the Academy.
On Wednesday, 25 members of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences who are of Asian descent sent a letter to the Academy protesting a number of “tasteless” skits that took place at the 88th Academy Awards on Feb. 28.
The letter read, in part:
“We are writing as Academy members of Asian descent to express our complete surprise and disappointment with the targeting of Asians at the 88th Oscars telecast and its perpetuation of racist stereotypes.
"In light of criticism over #OscarsSoWhite, we were hopeful that the telecast would provide the Academy a way forward and the chance to present a spectacular example of inclusion and diversity. Instead, the Oscars show was marred by a tone-deaf approach to its portrayal of Asians.
"We’d like to know how such tasteless and offensive skits could have happened and what process you have in place to preclude such unconscious or outright bias and racism toward any group in future Oscars telecasts.”
Among those who signed the letter of protest are Oscar-winning director Ang Lee, Grey’s Anatomy star Sandra Oh and Star Trek’s George Takei, among many others who belong to various branches of the Academy.
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