Want to Make Hollywood Pay Attention to Diversity? Boycott the Box Office, Not the Oscars

Spike Lee and Jada Pinkett Smith are planning to boycott this year’s Oscars ceremony because of the lack of diversity among this year’s nominees. Cheryl Boone Isaacs, who is the first black woman to head the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, issued a statement saying that she was "heartbroken and frustrated about the lack of inclusion," and that the academy is moving heaven and earth to change the makeup of its membership.