In 2016, the Academy Awards clearly has its own ideological issues. But these stories and hashtags like #OscarsSoWhite demand we remember the long history of this institutionally sanctioned white privilege in particular.

Congratulations to Shaun Tan for his Oscar for Best Animated Short for ‘The Lost Thing’. The forthcoming Overland 202 contains a special colour feature on Tan and his work. He also contributed this spectacular cover image.