In a story that at first seems like discovering gambling in the casino, the LA Times reported that an "overwhelming" number of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences members are white and male.
What's genuinely shocking, in the event one cares at all about the subject, is just how overwhelming the whiteness and maleness is. Of the Academy's 5,675 voting members, 94% are Caucasian and 77% are male.
The Academy's membership list is not public information. The three LA Times reporters conducted hundreds of interviews to determine the qualifying Oscar voters' gender and race. The story confirms what women of all ethnicities, African-American, Latino, Asian performers, and behind-the-camera pros have long cited about Hollywood's segregated, clubby atmosphere.
The composition of the Academy's voters is definitely something to consider as the Oscar voting patterns emerge.
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