#OscarsMightNotBeSoWhite: The lack of Diversity at the Oscars may not be solely the Academy’s Fault

Whitney Alese
5 min readMar 11, 2024

The Academy Awards began almost a century ago. The first Oscars ceremony occurred in 1929 and celebrated films made in 1927 and 1928. It has become the premiere award for those in film.

Yet, in that almost 100 year history, the top awards show, dubbed “Hollywood’s Biggest Night” does less to…

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Whitney Alese

Whitney Alese is an award winning writer & creator featured in WIRED Magazine, I-D Magazine, NBC, & Chalkboard Magazine.