The vast majority of winners — 73 percent — would have met the criteria without altering any casting practices or crew hires. Underrepresented is defined as women, people of color and those from the LGBTQ+ or differently abled communities, though some categories have requirements only for people of color. At least 11 of the past 15 winners met those two standards without question and would have been eligible to compete. Many films would not want to move forward until they could be sure of Oscar eligibility. But even the movies that didn’t meet the standards could solve their challenges pretty easily, supporters of the changes argued.

Source: Washington Post September 09, 2020 23:11 UTC