BAFTA Nominations Spark Dreaded BAFTAsSoWhite Hashtag, Org Says It “Would Have Liked To See More Diversity”
did score nominations in other categories it should be noted, and three of the five actors in the Rising Star category are not white. Also, female Syrian director Waad al-Kateab and Korean auteur Bong Joon Ho are the most nominated individuals this year with four nods each.
While the UK’s non-white population is proportionally smaller than that of the U.S., ethnic minorities are still under-represented among this year’s BAFTA nominees. Ethnic minorities make up between 14-20% of the UK population, according to latest statistics. That number rises to more than 30% in the U.S. The large number of U.S. nominees at the BAFTAs should in theory help improve diversity, but it doesn’t.
This isn’t BAFTA’s fault per se. It speaks to a wider industry problem. It highlights the ongoing and mighty challenge people of color face in order to break into the industry mainstream across the board. Despite years of industry self-analysis, schemes and tweaked membership structures, the UK’s biggest film awards remains an overwhelmingly white affair and so do the upper echelons of the industry as a whole.
BAFTA officials acknowledged the frustration this morning, saying, “We would have liked to see more diversity in the nominations, but it continues to be an industry-wide issue and we will keep working on our initiatives.”
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