No black actors in the Oscars—again? Why are the Oscars still so white?
“Daily Show” correspondent Roy Wood Jr. joked recently that in order “…to make a hit black movie, you need a whip, a firehouse, or a negro spiritual.”
Wood Jr. further pointed out that even when Oscar does acknowledge black movies, the Academy nominates only the Caucasians therein. Like Sylvester Stallone for “Creed,“ and ”Straight Outta Compton’s“ white screenwriters, who, he further joked, were probably ”straight outta Cornell.”
Lotta jokes. Well, like they say, at this point, with this situation, you don’t know whether to laugh or cry. Like all such jokes, they’re not, really. Let’s take a realistic look at how soon we can expect #OscarStillSoWhite to change.
If MLK Can’t Even Get Respect ...
David Oyelowo portrays Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in a scene from "Selma," a film based on the slain civil rights leader. AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, Atsushi Nishijima
