#OscarsSoWhite: Top Ten Tweets Blasting Second Year All Acting Nominees Are White
“There’s more diversity at tonight’s GOP Debate”
For the second year in a row, not a single person of color has been nominated for an Academy Award in any acting category. Last year, it was stunning. This year, it’s clearly a problem the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) seems willing to accept. And it’s just plain wrong, unfair, unacceptable, and another example of institutional racism in America.Â
Well here is the powerful visual….for what’s missing. #OscarsSoWhite #OscarsStillSoWhite #cbcnewsarts pic.twitter.com/UFcdffjhlM
— Jelena Adzic (@jelenaadzic) January 14, 2016
The creator of last year’s #OscarsSoWhite hashtag had this to say today:
It’s actually worse than last year. Best Documentary and Best Original Screenplay. That’s it. #OscarsSoWhite
— April (@ReignOfApril) January 14, 2016
A five minute opening by brilliant Chris Rock will not make up for over 80 years of erasure of marginalized communities. #OscarsSoWhite
— April (@ReignOfApril) January 14, 2016
They are. #OscarsSoWhite https://t.co/YXCK2bIbXy
— April (@ReignOfApril) January 14, 2016
Sadly, it was predicted:
Hey @ReignOfApril might want to blow the dust off your #OscarsSoWhite hashtag for tomorrow. Got a felling it’s gonna be needed.
— Matthew A. Cherry (@MatthewACherry) January 14, 2016
Here’s the list:Â
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Matt Damon, The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Tom Hardy, The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Sylvester Stallone, Creed
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara, Carol
Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet, Steve JobsÂ
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In response, here are some of the best tweets lamenting and decrying the fact that for two years in a row now, #OscarsSoWhite:
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#OscarsSoWhite black people can’t even get nominated for the movies about black people… https://t.co/3ZM9y09R7b
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) January 14, 2016
The Academy must think 12 Years A Slave bought them 12 years to be white. #OscarsSoWhite
— HoustonPA (@H0ustonPa) January 14, 2016
Chris Rock is hosting during #OscarsSoWhite circa 2016 in the last year of Obama presidency. Good luck to @TheAcademy. @emergingUS
— Jose Antonio Vargas (@joseiswriting) January 14, 2016
Reminder: Minorities are 37% of the U.S., bought 46% of movie tickets — and got 0 Oscar acting noms. https://t.co/n0F5JdBIUp #OscarsSoWhite
— Drew Harwell (@drewharwell) January 14, 2016
Maybe they’re doing #OscarsSoWhite again because Hollywood loves sequels
— Jessica Goldstein (@jessicagolds) January 14, 2016
Hey everyone, I found the real nominations! #Oscars #OscarsSoWhite pic.twitter.com/OjVjUDsXpb
— Aaron Wrotkowski (@AaronWrotkowski) January 14, 2016
The diversity in the #OscarNoms #OscarsSoWhite pic.twitter.com/RRb94yrDOH
— Steven Cash (@Welcome2Rebirth) January 14, 2016
The unbearable whiteness of being Creed, SOC, Beasts of No Nation, Concussion, Dope, Dear White Ppl #OscarsSoWhite pic.twitter.com/kMjK5mjV6b
— Nerdy Wonka (@NerdyWonka) January 14, 2016
#OscarsSoWhite There’s more diversity at tonight’s #GOPDebate pic.twitter.com/Et0y776HUO
— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) January 14, 2016
This is an Academy *and* an industry problem. To paraphrase Viola Davis, one can’t win awards for parts that aren’t there. #OscarsSoWhite
— leah pickett (@leahkpickett) January 14, 2016
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Image by Ivan Bandura via Wikimedia and a CC license

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