VIDEO : Oscars Academy Has Doubled Non-White Members/Women Since 2016

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has already achieved one of the two diversity goals it set two and a half years ago, in the wake of the #OscarsSoWhite protests. And after Monday?s announcement of its class of 2018, the organization seems likely to meet the second goal as well. This year?s record-setting list of 928 new member invitations puts the Academy well past its goal of doubling the number of non-white members, which stood at about 515 in 2016. And in more of a surprise, Monday?s list of prospective members has suddenly put the second goal of increasing women?s representation in the Academy within reach, too.