Why Are #OscarsSoWhite? (again)

Published: Jan. 20, 2016, 3:42 a.m.

Leslie is joined by callers as they discuss the controversy surrounding the Academy Awards, where #OscarsSoWhite began trending on Twitter following the second consecutive year that all 40 Oscar nominations went to white actors and actresses.

African-American director Spike Lee and actress Jada Pinkett Smith announced yesterday, on MLK Day, that they will boycott next month's Academy Awards ceremony.

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