Spike Lee and Jada Pinkett Smith boycott the Oscars

Overdue...

In today's celebrity news and I'm sure you all have heard that Director Spike Lee and Actress Jada Pinkett Smith have decided to boycott the Oscars. After the outcry over 20 nominations of white actors, and no black ones for up and coming Academy Awards gained momentum on Monday- Martin Luther King's birthday- as the director and actress announced that they wouldn't be attending the ceremony on February 28th. Spike made a comment on instagram asking

" how is it possible that there are no nominations of black actors for the second year running"

After he announced that neither him nor his wife would be attending the awards, Spike wrote,

"Dr. King said, "There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular but he must take it because conscience tells him it's right."

Enjoy!

Over The weekend Jada made a video on social media making a statement if any blacks should or members of other minorities should attend the Oscars.

"People can only treat us in the way in which we allow"

- Jada Pinkett Smith

Personally I agree with the two for taking a stand against the Oscars, this is well over due.