Jada Pinkett Smith on #OscarsSoWhite
The actress has taken to Twitter to voice her frustrations about the lack of people of colour nominated for Oscars.
epa02200592 Actors Will Smith (L) and wife Jada Pinkett-Smith (R), of the US, arrive for the 2010 American Theater Wing’s Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York, New York, USA, 13 June 2010. The annual awards honor excellence in Broadway theatre. EPA/PETER FOLEY
Jada Pinkett-Smith is frustrated about the lack of black faces on the Oscar nominees list.
“At the Oscars…people of color are always welcomed to give out awards…even entertain. But we are rarely recognized for our artistic accomplishments. Should people of color refrain from participating all together? People can only treat us in the way in which we allow. With much respect in the midst of deep disappointment,” the Gotham actress wrote on Twitter.
The Oscars folks had better watch out, because if there was one thing we learned from Pinkett-Smith’s villainous Gotham character Fish Mooney, it’s that dynamite comes in small packages!
At the Oscars…people of color are always welcomed to give out awards…even entertain, (pt. 1)
— Jada Pinkett Smith (@jadapsmith) January 16, 2016
But we are rarely recognized for our artistic accomplishments. Should people of color refrain from participating all together? (pt 2)
— Jada Pinkett Smith (@jadapsmith) January 16, 2016
People can only treat us in the way in which we allow. With much respect in the midst of deep disappointment.
J (pt 3)— Jada Pinkett Smith (@jadapsmith) January 16, 2016
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