Protests around the Academy Awards' trouble with racial representation feel like a fresh, contemporary controversy, but they go back almost a half-century.
This year isn't the first time an overwhelmingly white field of nominees has led to an Academy Awards protest
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“Jesse Jackson asked me to wear a ribbon. I got it,” Goldberg said during her opening. “But I had something I want to say to Jesse right here, but he’s not watching, so why bother?” The black-tie audience erupted in laughter and applause.