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People are that the movie is run by "old white men". In the Oscar nominations, all 20 of the actors who could win an Oscar are . There are no women in the or writing . A survey found that the members of the were 94 per cent white, male, with an age of 62. The decide who gets nominated for an Oscar. Critics say there is too little in the Oscars.

A rights campaigner criticised the Academy for like the Rocky Mountains – "the you get, the whiter it gets". He said: "The of diversity in [the] Oscar nominations is []." The movie for this year's 'Best Picture' is about racism, but no non-white are up for an award. The president of the Academy said the do not look at an actor's colour or . She hoped Hollywood would become more diverse.

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