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

A photo posted by Spike Lee (@officialspikelee) on Dec 31, 2015 at 2:16pm PST

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."

#OscarsSoWhite... Again. I Would Like To Thank President Cheryl Boone Isaacs And The Board Of Governors Of The Academy Of Motion Pictures Arts And Sciences For Awarding Me an Honorary Oscar This Past November. I Am Most Appreciative. However My Wife, Mrs. Tonya Lewis Lee And I Will Not Be Attending The Oscar Ceremony This Coming February. We Cannot Support It And Mean No Disrespect To My Friends, Host Chris Rock and Producer Reggie Hudlin, President Isaacs And The Academy. But, How Is It Possible For The 2nd Consecutive Year All 20 Contenders Under The Actor Category Are White? And Let's Not Even Get Into The Other Branches. 40 White Actors In 2 Years And No Flava At All. We Can't Act?! WTF!! It's No Coincidence I'm Writing This As We Celebrate The 30th Anniversary Of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday. 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 It's Right". For Too Many Years When The Oscars Nominations Are Revealed, My Office Phone Rings Off The Hook With The Media Asking Me My Opinion About The Lack Of African-Americans And This Year Was No Different. For Once, (Maybe) I Would Like The Media To Ask All The White Nominees And Studio Heads How They Feel About Another All White Ballot. If Someone Has Addressed This And I Missed It Then I Stand Mistaken. As I See It, The Academy Awards Is Not Where The "Real" Battle Is. It's In The Executive Office Of The Hollywood Studios And TV And Cable Networks. This Is Where The Gate Keepers Decide What Gets Made And What Gets Jettisoned To "Turnaround" Or Scrap Heap. This Is What's Important. The Gate Keepers. Those With "The Green Light" Vote. As The Great Actor Leslie Odom Jr. Sings And Dances In The Game Changing Broadway Musical HAMILTON, "I WANNA BE IN THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENS". People, The Truth Is We Ain't In Those Rooms And Until Minorities Are, The Oscar Nominees Will Remain Lilly White. (Cont'd) A photo posted by Spike Lee (@officialspikelee) on Jan 18, 2016 at 5:03am PST

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!