Oscars Diversity Issues

The Academy has now surpassed its membership goals, with 45 percent of this year's intake women, and 36 percent minorities

"It wasn't a broad-based movement that threatened the economic viability of the Oscars, but the celebrity status of the boycotters, given the nature of what they were trying to do, made it quite harmful, said Maurice Schweitzer, co-author of Friend & Foe: When to Cooperate, When to Compete, and How to Succeed at Both

The Academy has now surpassed its membership goals, with 45 percent of this year's intake women, and 36 percent minorities

"It wasn't a broad-based movement that threatened the economic viability of the Oscars, but the celebrity status of the boycotters, given the nature of what they were trying to do, made it quite harmful, said Maurice Schweitzer, co-author of Friend & Foe: When to Cooperate, When to Compete, and How to Succeed at Both