Ene Agi
Dignified
Illustration
2020
Dignified illustrates the period of the viral hashtag #OscarsSoWhite (2016), during which Jada Pinkett Smith released a video calling for the boycott of the Academy Awards Ceremony due to its history of dismissing excellent actors and filmmakers of colour. Although she expressed that black people do not need to beg for acknowledgement from a white institution and should instead come together and award themselves, the general reception was that she was simply resentful because her husband, Will Smith, failed to be nominated.