Spike Lee Blasts Oscars, Skipping the Show in Honor of Martin Luther King Jr.

The Oscars is Hollywood's most lavish and important awards ceremony honoring achievements throughout the film industry. However, Spike Lee is the latest celebrity that is blasting the show. The Do The Right Thing filmmaker has decided go against the grain and boycott the awards ceremony this year. This time, however, in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

After Jada Pinkett Smith decided to boycott after her husband Will Smith failed to be nominated for his exceptional performance in Concussion, the filmmaker has taken her lead. It is being reported that the filmmaker refuses to attend because of his respect to a civil rights leader.

According to TMZ, Lee has decided to blast the Academy Awards for simply casting out black actors and actresses. At this point the filmmaker is fed up with the lack of change. He says that he will not attend the ceremony because Dr. King would want it that way.

Lee, who we all know to be rather outspoken, wasted no time sending a message to The Academy:

"40 white actors in 2 years and no flava at all," the filmmaker told The Academy via Instagram. "We can't act? WTF?" Although Lee apologized to his friends involved in the Oscars production this year, such as Chris Rock, who has publicly called out The Academy, the filmmaker says he simply "can't support it."

It's being reported that Lee admitted to purposely sounding off on MLK Day because, as Dr.King said, "There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular but he must take it because conscience tells him its right."

The filmmaker not only bashed the Academy Awards, he also shard his views about Hollywood in general. He believes that the Oscars are not even the real issue. Lee feels that Hollywood will remain vanilla until minorities become the gate keepers who really decide which movies get made. "The truth is we aint in those rooms."

Other films that were noticeably snubbed nominations this year were Creed, Straight Outta Compton, Beasts of No Nation and Lee's Chi-raq.

What do you guys think? Does Spike Lee have a point? Will Hollywood ever embrace diversity? Sound off below!