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Jada Pinkett Smith Sticks To Oscar Boycott- Says Idris Elba Was Robbed By Not Being Nominated

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The entire brouhaha over the lack of diversity in Oscar nominations for this year is not abating anytime soon, and one of the strongest proponents for a boycott is not backing down.
Jada Pinkett Smith was one of the first people to call for an Oscar boycott over the all white choices for the top acting awards, and continues to hold that position. In fact, some of the proposed solutions are not too appealing to her.
Speaking to TMZ, Jada Pinkett noted that Idris Elba’s performance in ‘Beasts of No Nation’ was fantastic, and that the rationale for him being snubbed does not hold up.
“Idris’ performance in that movie was fantastic,” she told TMZ. She said some described the movie as ‘too difficult to watch’, but that isn’t a valid criticism in her eyes.
“Partly the reason that we have art is so that we can come out of our comfort zones and get to know about different cultures, different realities.” She continued.
“If we’re going to have awards shows, it’s not watching movies based on preference, necessarily, especially if we claim that it’s about merit. But we need to watch movies because, if we’re having awards shows, we need to make sure that we are committed to being inclusive to everything,”
Jada Pinkett also added that she was not entirely comfortable with the thinking that the way to solving the problem was by adding more black people to the Academy. She thinks that would only feed the stereotype that black people would just vote for black people irrespective of merit.
“Of course I think that’s necessary. But I’m hoping that the Academy understands that it’s not just about having black voters…to give the connotation that black people vote black.
“But that the Academy needs to understand that as a whole, we all need to, as human beings, get to know each other, expand our education about everyone”
When asked what she’ll be doing on Oscars night, she replied cheerily…“I don’t know”
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