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The Oscars Embraced Diversity, but Not as Much as It Could Have

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Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterAfter the humiliating back-to-back scandal of #OscarsSoWhite for the 2014 and 2015 Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences set itself to aggressively increasing representation within its membership.

By expanding the perspectives of its voters, the hope was that a greater diversity of voices could find recognition at the Oscars.Five years later at the 93rd Oscars, several major milestones were indeed achieved for representation.

Yuh-jung Youn (“Minari”), winner for best supporting actress, was the first Korean actor to ever win an Oscar, and only the second Asian woman.

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