Gina Rodriguez starts #MovementMondays in response to all-white Oscar noms

'If you want to see Latinos nominated for Oscars, we NEED to support one another."

Gina Rodriguez is not here for your negativity. (Omar Vega/Invision/Associated Press)

While white Academy Awards voters refuse to recognise black and brown excellence — you can bet that people of colour will celebrate their achievements.

Actress Gina Rodriguez has started #MovementMondays to recognize Latino actors and actresses in response to the Oscars failure to nominate anyone but white folks.

“With all this Oscar Talk and lack of diversity I decided to start a movement and speak from the perspective of a Latina American who desires to see more Latinos on screen,” the Jane the Virgin star wrote on Instagram.

 

Movement Monday's. This is Oscar Isaac. He is a Guatemalan American actor. This is a picture from Ex Machina directed by Alex Garland and was released this past year. With all this Oscar Talk and lack of diversity I decided to start a movement and speak from the perspective of a Latina American who desires to see more Latinos on screen. There are 55 million Latinos in this country and although we all come from various backgrounds our unity can make a movie explode at the box office or a tv show soar to the highest viewers possible. The better these projects do financially, the more money they will spend on putting Latinos In blockbuster films, as leads in tv shows Etc. My solution is this, support is needed. Right now there isn't one Latino that can Greenlight a movie. That means no studio will put their money behind a Latino face as a lead of a movie because they don't believe we can make their money back. I am told time and time again "Latinos dont watch Latino Movies. Latinos don't support each other" and sadly that is true. I'm not saying go and see a movie you don't like to blind support, im saying if you want to see us represented on film and tv, if you want to see Latinos nominated for Oscars, we NEED to support one another. The industry sees money, the excuse can't just be racism. We can make a difference in a very powerful way if we unite our support as one Latino community. Oscar Isaac, in my opinion had an Oscar worthy performance in this film. Let's start making noise with where it matters most, where we put our dollars. Go support these films, watch these shows (mine is on tonight by the way, shameless promotion feel free to watch on the CW) and we can take making a change into our own hands. Each Monday I will highlight a latino artist we can support. Let us use our numbers and powerful voices to prove we support one another, to prove we can make a box office hit, to prove they need to support all the various Latino cultures in the media. That can be one part of the solution, so next year we have many movies that are worthy of Oscar contention! #MovementMondays Pick any Latino currently working we can support!

A photo posted by Gina Rodriguez (@hereisgina) on Jan 25, 2016 at 10:00am PST

“Right now there isn't one Latino that can Greenlight a movie... If you want to see us represented on film and TV, if you want to see Latinos nominated for Oscars, we NEED to support one another.”

Rodriguez also spread the word on her Twitter account and clarified to other people who criticised the actress.

"I find it so disheartening that when you desire to create a solution for peace and unity you instantly get hate. What is it that we long to tear each other down? Clearly, we live in a racist society. Movement Monday's is to highlight those that are in my Latino Community that are doing wonderful work and our support can only make it that much better," she wrote.

"Not to talk about racism. It's obvious this exists in our society. So does tearing me down make us less negative as a society? Please do not get it twisted. I'm aware we live in a racist society. This movement is solely to unite all the various Latino communities. The opposite of racism. #peaceYall."