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The Barbie Snub Outrage Proves That When It Comes To Diversity, We’re Only Thinking Of White Women
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A quick scroll of my Instagram feed tells a similar story — it's all anger about Barbie, but generally omitting that one of its cast members is nominated; someone who actually made history as the first-ever Oscar nominee of Honduran descent in any category. While there is obvious subjectivity in who gets nominated for an award and who doesn't, what matters is how we react to it — and at the moment, we've completely ignored all the people of colour who have set records this year, in favour of rage on behalf of two (white) women.
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Let me be clear — I'm angry too. I'm angry that women are still fighting for breadcrumbs in an industry that has historically hated us. I'm angry that the industry is still having firsts, that shouldn't really be firsts at all. But honestly, I'm angry that we've used our anger to show that diversity matters — but only if you're white.