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Re:Academy establishes inclusion standards for Oscars eligib... by vertbhrtn on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @03:34AM (#24418331)
There was a precedent: blind auditions in orchestra. Results were rather predictable.
Re:Academy establishes inclusion standards for Oscars eligib... by oerpli on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @03:44AM (#24418403)
Predictable in what way? Last year there was some discussion about the correctness of the usual take-away of the original blind-audition study: https://jsmp.dk/posts/2019-05-12-blindauditions/
Re:Academy establishes inclusion standards for Oscars eligib... by tupputuppu on Thursday September 10, 2020 @03:15AM (#24429757)
Indeed, and now the Association of American Orchestras wants to end blind auditions because they don't get enough black people that way ️

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/16/arts/music/blind-audition...

https://americanorchestras.org/images/stories/diversity/Raci...