Oscar voters are old and white

TO BE OLD, GIFTED & WHITE: The L.A. Times tracked down 5,100 Oscar voters, nearly 90% of the Academy’s 5,765 voting members, found that 94% of members are white, 77% are male and the median age is 62. How about that? The Academy claims to be working toward becoming more diverse, but doing so will be a challenge. Academy members are all film industry professionals, and their demographics simply reflect those of Hollywood at large, FishbowlLA points out. As long as Hollywood is predominantly run and staffed by white men, most Oscar voters will be white men. (2/22a)