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In reply to the discussion: Al Sharpton Calls For Emergency Meeting To Address 'Appalling' All-White Oscar Nominees Read more: [View all]LTG
(216 posts)The current president of the Academy is Cheryl Boone Isaacs, an African American woman. She has also served on the Academy's Board of Directors for over 20 years.
Ms Isaacs has a BA in political science and after earning it (1971) worked as a flight attendant for Pan Am. A few years later she went to Hollywood and worked in a studio publicity department. In 1984 she had worked her way up to being the Executive Vice President for International Marketing at Paramount Pictures. She is now the President of a public relations and marketing firm. A true American, and Hollywood, success story. She has been recognized for her talents, abilities and intelligence, the things that are inside of her. She is also among the first people at the Academy with whom he'll be meeting.
Having said all that, problems still exist in all segments of our society, including Hollywood. I'm just not sure that this is worth taking the attention away from the criminal justice system when it was finally getting some significant traction. The bigotry there is finally getting the wide spread and diverse attention and action that it needs if it is to ever change. The pressure needs to be kept up and increased not shifted to a new topic, even if briefly.