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BAFTAs' Defense For All-White Nominees -- 'Women Over The Age Of 40' Count As Diversity??

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The BAFTAs are having a real #OscarsSoWhite year… Just three years ago Joaquin Phoenix delivered a powerful speech after his win, using the platform — instead of celebrating — to chastise the British awards body for its overt failure to recognize actors of color.

Everyone cheered at the time, but then this year… it’s clear nothing actually changed. All 49 winners at the BAFTA film awards last month were white.

In a year with a juggernaut like Everything Everywhere All At Once which dominated the Oscars. And they followed up that egregious night with a sharp decline in diversity among nominations for the TV awards announced on Tuesday.

The past couple years, about 40% of the nominees were from ethnic backgrounds other than white — this year it dropped to 24%.

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