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#BAFTAsSoWhite? Ceremony slammed for all-White winners three years after push to boost diversity

Britain’s film academy previously changed voting procedures to help boost diversity among nominees

Stars gathered in London for the 2023 British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) awards Sunday, a star-studded night later doused by social media users who called out one glaring aspect of the event – every single winner was White.

“Don’t be surprised by #BaftasSoWhite 2023. Film & TV in particular, and the “creative industries” in general, are amongst the most systemically racist when it comes to employment practices. The awards merely reflect this,” film and TV professional Riaz Meer tweeted early Tuesday.

Another alleged that the ceremony attempted to gloss over the whiteness by having British TV personality Alison Hammond – a Black woman – present the awards, writing, “BAFTAs be like ‘All the winners were white, but it’s okay! At least we had a black woman (Alison Hammond) presenting the ceremony!'”

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2 thoughts on “#BAFTAsSoWhite? Ceremony slammed for all-White winners three years after push to boost diversity”

  1. So don’t base the award on talent,ability or content just on the color of ones skin.. Sounds like that is the way to judge who gets what. White skinned persons need not apply.

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