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Oscars: Majority of Academy board now female
Deutsche Welle ^ | 06.22.2021 | Elizabeth Grenier

Posted on 06/22/2021 11:49:48 AM PDT by Olog-hai

As a result of its latest round of elections, the board of governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the body that directs the Oscars’ strategic vision, is now made up of 31 women and 23 men, the academy announced on Monday. It is the first time that the board has a female majority in the academy’s 94-year history.

Actor Rita Wilson, documentary editor and producer Jean Tsien and composer Lesley Barber are among the women newly elected to the board of governors.

The number of people of color has also reached new record levels through the academy’s 2021-2022 elections, rising from 12 to 15. […]

The number of members was dramatically expanded in the wake of the #OscarsSoWhite controversy in 2015. At the time, the AMPAS revealed that 93% of its then 6,000 members where white, and 76% of them were men, with an average age of 63.

The academy then pledged in early 2016 to double the number of women and people of color by 2020, a goal that, according to the organization’s own count, was indeed surpassed in June last year, with membership now one-third female and 19% “underrepresented minorities.” …

(Excerpt) Read more at dw.com ...


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: ampas; antiwhiteracism; feminism; oscars
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To: Olog-hai

And how is the Academy Award TV ratings doing lately?
Chuckle.


21 posted on 06/22/2021 12:17:27 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: SoCal Pubbie

We don’t know who voted for Biden, due to the fraud.

Don’t know where you got your numbers from, but the source is most likely fraudulent too.

Rest assured, the face of the Democratic Party is Joseph Robinette Biden Junior. Not the alleged black vote either.


22 posted on 06/22/2021 12:18:21 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

Looks like chick-flicks will be taking most of the Oscars.


23 posted on 06/22/2021 12:18:44 PM PDT by Signalman
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To: a fool in paradise

The #oscarssowhite hashtag was a racist tag anyhow. De rigueur for Twitter.


24 posted on 06/22/2021 12:19:14 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

Change it from Oscar to Karen....


25 posted on 06/22/2021 12:20:08 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Olog-hai

Your response reminds me of conspiracy kooks who dismiss any evidence that Oswald acted alone by saying the evidence was tampered with. If you don’t know the demographics of the election then you’re assertion that women aren’t the cornerstone of the democratic voting base is simply made up.


26 posted on 06/22/2021 12:21:49 PM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: Olog-hai

How can they be sure?


27 posted on 06/22/2021 12:22:34 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (I'm changing my name to 'Spike Protein'!)
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To: Olog-hai

How about 2016? Will you accept the numbers for that election? 54% voted for Clinton.


28 posted on 06/22/2021 12:25:37 PM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: SoCal Pubbie
I don’t believe that one either. Although the fraud was far less and more subtle than in 2020, it was very much present, and in the same cities; the fact that it was less led to Trump overcoming it, which took the Uniparty by surprise.

Given that one of your responses had ad hominem in it (not this one but number 26), I am led to believe that your still-unrevealed source is a liberal one.
29 posted on 06/22/2021 12:32:41 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: SoCal Pubbie

Frankly, the 2012 election is another one I disbelieve the numbers for. The liberal media admitted 100+ percent turnout in cities like NYC and Philly.


30 posted on 06/22/2021 12:33:31 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai
Frankly, the 2012 election is another one I disbelieve the numbers for. The liberal media admitted 100+ percent turnout in cities like NYC and Philly.

Romney agreed with the liberal media.

31 posted on 06/22/2021 12:34:37 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

That of course is unsurprising. He was in a big hurry to concede the day after the election, which illustrates his designated loser status.


32 posted on 06/22/2021 12:36:47 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: SmokingJoe

Illustration of poetic justice.


33 posted on 06/22/2021 12:38:09 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: central_va

Like the Star Wars bar scene


34 posted on 06/22/2021 12:41:38 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: Olog-hai

ugh! but i suppose the only people that watch the Oscars are women and queer folk.


35 posted on 06/22/2021 12:42:53 PM PDT by ronniesgal (so I wonder what his FR handle is???? )
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To: setter

I hate that most vets are women- they won’t work with big dogs. Or farm animals anymore


36 posted on 06/22/2021 12:44:32 PM PDT by ronniesgal (so I wonder what his FR handle is???? )
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To: Olog-hai

It’s ok, nobody’s watching anymore.


37 posted on 06/22/2021 12:45:28 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: central_va

I call the Dem party “ The Island of Misfit Toys”


38 posted on 06/22/2021 12:45:45 PM PDT by ronniesgal (so I wonder what his FR handle is???? )
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To: Olog-hai

How was 26 ad hominem? Do you understand the meaning of the word? I made no statement against you as a person. It was simply an observation. It’s impossible to sway dyed in the wool JFK conspiracy hounds because if you provide facts they’ll simply say the evidence can’t be trusted.

Just about every source I could link, like NBC News or any other source can be labeled “leftist.” Since every source I can find says the majority of Women vote for Democrats, why don’t you show me a source that states otherwise?

The link below indicates that the last time a Republican won the majority of female voters in a nationwide vote was in 1988:

https://cawp.rutgers.edu/sites/default/files/resources/ggpresvote.pdf


39 posted on 06/22/2021 12:46:03 PM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: laweeks

Vera is stunning and brave.


40 posted on 06/22/2021 12:46:10 PM PDT by Trillian
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