All year round the entertainment industry sells itself to the broader public as forward thinking, culturally liberal and inclusive. Then, nearly every year, the Oscar nominations dispel this blurry vision by showing Hollywood for what it is and always has been, which is a town run by white guys who love patting themselves on the back.
Sometimes they congratulate themselves for taking a stride in the direction of their version of progress. More often their default is to reward their worldview while sometimes allowing for the elevation of a few folks in any given year who don't neatly fit within that box.
