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=== Kritikan terhadap kurangnya keragaman ===
Tak lama setelah nominasi diumumkan, beberapa outlet media mengamati bahwa terdapat kurangnya keragaman rasial di antara nominee-nominee dalam kategori-kategori utama.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lang |first1=Brett |title=Oscar Nominations Expose Academy’s Lack of Diversity |url=http://variety.com/2015/film/news/oscar-nomination-selma-snub-diversity-1201405804/ |accessdate=April 1, 2015 |work=Variety |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |date=Januari 15, 2015 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406113026/http://variety.com/2015/film/news/oscar-nomination-selma-snub-diversity-1201405804/ |archivedate=April 6, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Zeitchik |first1=Steven |last2=Ali |first2=Lorraine |title=Oscars 2015: Diversity is the biggest nomination snub |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-oscar-nominations-diversity-20150116-story.html#page=1 |accessdate=March 31, 2015 |work=Los Angeles Times |publisher=Austin Beutner |date=Januari 16, 2015 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317071617/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-oscar-nominations-diversity-20150116-story.html |archivedate=March 17, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Vincent |first1=Alice |title=And the Oscar winner is... a white, middle–aged man |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/oscars/11348193/And-the-Oscars-winner-is...-a-white-middle-aged-man.html |accessdate=April 1, 2015 |work=The Daily Telegraph |publisher=Telegraph Media Group |date=Januari 16, 2015 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150213203557/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/oscars/11348193/And-the-Oscars-winner-is...-a-white-middle-aged-man.html |archivedate=February 13, 2015}}</ref> Menurut Tatiana Segel dari ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'', ini adalah kedua kalinya sejak 1998 dimanadi mana seluruh 20 nominee akting berdarah [[ras Kaukasia|Kaukasia]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Segel |first1=Tatiana |title=Oscars: Acting Nominees All White |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-acting-nominees-all-white-764018 |accessdate=March 31, 2015 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |publisher=Prometheus Global Media |date=Januari 15, 2015 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325112416/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-acting-nominees-all-white-764018 |archivedate=March 25, 2015}}</ref> Kolumnis ''[[The New York Times]]'' [[David Carr (jurnalis)|David Carr]] menekankan penghirauan [[Ava DuVernay]] dan [[David Oyelowo]] dalam kategori penyutradaraan dan akting utama. Ia juga menyatakan bahwa nominasi-nominasi tersebut berseberangan dengan acara tahun terakhir yang meliputi pemenang Film Terbaik ''[[12 Years a Slave (film)|12 Years a Slave]]'' dan pemenang Aktris Pendukung Terbaik [[Lupita Nyong'o]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/19/business/media/why-the-oscars-omission-of-selma-matters.html |title=Why the Oscars’ Omission of ‘Selma’ Matters |first=David |last=Carr |date=Januari 18, 2015 |work=[[The New York Times]] |publisher=[[Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr.]] |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519222852/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/19/business/media/why-the-oscars-omission-of-selma-matters.html |archivedate=May 19, 2017}}</ref> Akibatnya, Academy diejek di media sosial dengan [[tagar]] seperti #OscarsSoWhite dan #WhiteOscars.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Alexander |first1=Bryan |title=White, male field spurs Oscars diversity backlash |url=http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2015/01/15/oscar-nominations-diversity-backlash/21817111/ |accessdate=March 31, 2015 |work=USA Today |publisher=Gannett Company |date=Januari 16, 2015 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226023919/http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2015/01/15/oscar-nominations-diversity-backlash/21817111/ |archivedate=February 26, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Yamato |first1=Jen |title=Did Academy Award Nominations Deserve #WhiteOscars Outrage? |url=http://deadline.com/2015/01/academy-award-nominations-twitter-white-oscars-controversy-selma-1201351105/ |accessdate=March 31, 2015 |publisher=Deadline.com (Penske Media Corporation) |date=Januari 15, 2015 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326133416/http://deadline.com/2015/01/academy-award-nominations-twitter-white-oscars-controversy-selma-1201351105/ |archivedate=March 26, 2015}}</ref> Selain itu, anggota Kongres AS [[Tony Cárdenas]] menuliskan sebuah surat yang menyuarakan perhatiannya terhadap AMPAS dan keragamaan dengan menyatakan, “Meskipun masalah keragaman dalam industri hiburan merupakan sebuah masalah yang terlalu mendalam, tanpa solusi gampang, ini adalah ketidakberuntungan untuk melihat kegagalan lembaga Amerika tersohor semacam itu untuk merefleksikan penuh negara kita.” Ia berkata bahwa ia mengkehendaki kerja dengan para pihak Academy dalam membuat industri hiburan menjadi lebih baik dalam mewakilkan suku bangsa yang berbeda.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Johnson |first1=Ted |title=Congressman Challenges Film Academy on Lack of Diversity in Oscar Nominees |url=http://variety.com/2015/biz/news/congressman-challenges-film-academy-on-lack-of-diversity-in-oscar-nominees-1201435678/ |accessdate=April 1, 2015 |work=Variety |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |date=February 17, 2015 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402180109/http://variety.com/2015/biz/news/congressman-challenges-film-academy-on-lack-of-diversity-in-oscar-nominees-1201435678/ |archivedate=April 2, 2015}}</ref>
Menanggapi kritikan tentang kurangnya keragaman, presiden AMPAS Isaacs berkata kepada wartawan Sandy Cohen dari [[Associated Press]] bahwa Academy "berkomitmen untuk menyoroti keragaman suara dan opini."<ref name="Syracuse">{{cite news|last1=Cohen |first1=Sandy |title=Oscars 2015: Film academy president responds to firestorm over lack of diversity |url=http://www.syracuse.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2015/01/oscars_2015.html |accessdate=April 1, 2015 |work=[[The Post-Standard]] |publisher=[[Advance Publications]] |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402115246/http://www.syracuse.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2015/01/oscars_2015.html |archivedate=April 2, 2015}}</ref> Disamping meredam tanggapan soal apakah organisasi tersebut ternodai oleh kurangnya keragaman, ia menyatakan bahwa ia bangga terhadap seluruh nominee dan memuji ''Selma'' sebagai sebuah "film fantastik."<ref name="Syracuse" />
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