The actress, whose husband, Will Smith, was an Oscar appointee adversary for his role in NFL football ball "Concussion," said in a Facebook video she was aghast by the abridgement of assortment in Oscar nominations.
"Begging for accepting or even allurement [to be nominated] diminishes dignity," she said in the video. "It diminishes ability and we are a aristocratic humans and we are powerful. And let's not overlook it. So let's let the Academy do them with all adroitness and adulation and let's do us differently."
Pinkett Smith, 44, aswell had a bulletin for this year's host, Chris Rock.
"Chris, I will not be at the Academy Awards and I will not be watching but I can't anticipate of a bigger man to do the job at duke this year again you my friend," she said. "Good luck."
Still, Rock, 50, isn't abashed to yield a analytical accessory at this year's award, either. He tweeted endure week: "The #Oscars. The White BET Awards."
Pinkett Smith initially tweeted Saturday, allurement her about 900,000 followers: "Should humans of blush burden from accommodating all together?"
Pinkett Smith isn't the alone brilliant to avoid this year. Spike Lee aswell appear today that he will not be accessory the awards show, admitting getting accustomed with an honorary bays endure year.
"I Would Like To Thank President Cheryl Boone Isaacs And The Board Of Governors Of The Academy Of Motion Pictures Arts And Sciences For Awarding Me an Honorary Oscar This Past November. I Am Most Appreciative," he wrote on Instagram next to a photo of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
"However My Wife, Mrs. Tonya Lewis Lee And I Will Not Be Accessory The Oscar Ceremony This Coming February. We Cannot Support It And Mean No Disrespect To My Friends, Host Chris Rock and Producer Reggie Hudlin, President Isaacs And The Academy."
Lee, 58, added, "It's No Coincidence I'm Writing This As We Celebrate The 30th Anniversary Of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday. ...For Too Many Years If The Oscars Nominations Are Revealed, My Office Phone Rings Off The Hook With The Media Allurement Me My Opinion About The Abridgement Of African-Americans And This Year Was No Different. For Once, (Maybe) I Would Like The Media To Ask All The White Nominees And Studio Heads How They Feel About Another All White Ballot. If Someone Has Addressed This And I Missed It Again I Stand Mistaken."
It's the additional year in a row that critics and amusing media commentators accept accursed the Academy Accolade nods for abridgement of diversity. This year, not one getting of blush was nominated for the coveted gold bays in top categories such as Best Actor or Extra and Best Supporting Actor or Actress.
Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, who is African-American, has responded to the critiques.
Although Isaacs was not accessible for an account with ABC News, she told ABC base KABC-TV in Los Angeles, "We are getting louder and louder and we are traveling to abide this chat and we're traveling to do added than just talk."
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