Not One Person Of Colour Received An Oscar Nomination Again This Year

Some of the suspected nominees were Will Smith (for ‘Concussion’), Idris Elba (for ‘Beasts of No Nation’), Benicio Del Toro (for ‘Sicario‘), and Michael B. Jordan (for ‘Creed‘, which he won a Best Actor award for from the National Society of Film Critics). All of these actors received a great deal of Oscars buzz; many thought they’d be an obvious nomination.  

Also missing from the nominations was hit film ‘Straight Outta Compton‘, which featured a heavily African-American cast. The film did receive a nomination for ‘Best Original Screenplay‘ – credited to four white writers. 

This is the second year in a row that there’s been absolutely no people of colour nominated for an award.

The host for this years Oscars is Chris Rock, who’s pretty damn well-known for calling out racial inequality. So… he’s got some seriously excellent material on his hands here, yeah? He tweeted a short advert for the ceremony, which includes him pouring white talcum powder over this hands, with a voiceover saying “We undeniable”:

I think I’m gonna start doing this before I get on stage from now on. #Oscars
https://t.co/3Y8agMC7AE

— Chris Rock (@chrisrock) January 12, 2016

The woman who credits herself with starting the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag, April Reign, has spoken out about the exclusion of PoC, saying that even a callout from Rock about the lack of diversity won’t fix anything:

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

And she’s not afraid to call out the racial hatred that’s being sent her way on Twitter:

And then there’s this… https://t.co/v7QW6JFCKr

— April (@ReignOfApril) January 15, 2016

The #OscarsSoWhite hashtag has been strongly trending for more than 24 hours now:

#OscarsSoWhite black people can’t even get nominated for the movies about black people… https://t.co/3ZM9y09R7b

— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) January 14, 2016

In case you needed a little visual. It’s true #OscarsSoWhite. pic.twitter.com/qPnJUUhxv1

— Seth Siditsky (@SSiditsky) January 14, 2016

Hanging on Sunset Blvd across from a Taco Truck. #SaenzSigns #OscarsSoWhite pic.twitter.com/UUgv7vi28R

— Jason Carlos Saenz (@jasonsaenz) January 14, 2016

Written by @brianadamsboone https://t.co/EhwCZ0SI9D #OscarNoms #OscarsSoWhite pic.twitter.com/5CBatSXvNH

— someecards (@someecards) January 14, 2016