All white Oscars? Serious question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have had some heavily black ones in the past. If you look at in relation to the demographics of the entire Nation...there was one year when almost every one of the 4 major categories were won by AA.

http://www.uticapubliclibrary.org/resources/literature-and-film-guides/african-american-oscar-winners-and-nominees-acting/

The African American Actors who have won Academy Awards (Oscars)

1939 Hattie McDaniel for Gone With the Wind
Best Supporting Actress
1963 Sidney Poitier for Lilies of the Field
Best Actor
1982 Louis Gossett, Jr. for An Officer and a Gentlemen
Best Supporting Actor
1989 Denzel Washington for Glory
Best Supporting Actor
1990 Whoopi Goldberg for Ghost
Best Supporting Actress
1996 Cuba Gooding, Jr. for Jerry Maguire
Best Supporting Actor
2001 Denzel Washington for Training Day
Best Actor
2001 Halle Berry for Monster's Ball
Best Actress
2004 Jamie Foxx for Ray
Best Actor
2004 Morgan Freeman for Million Dollar Baby
Best Supporting Actor
2006 Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland
Best Actor
2006 Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls
Best Supporting Actress
2009 Mo'Nique for Precious
Best Supporting Actress

Wow, my childhood library. Good find. Way better than Wikipedia...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have had some heavily black ones in the past. If you look at in relation to the demographics of the entire Nation...there was one year when almost every one of the 4 major categories were won by AA.

http://www.uticapubliclibrary.org/resources/literature-and-film-guides/african-american-oscar-winners-and-nominees-acting/

The African American Actors who have won Academy Awards (Oscars)

1939 Hattie McDaniel for Gone With the Wind
Best Supporting Actress
1963 Sidney Poitier for Lilies of the Field
Best Actor
1982 Louis Gossett, Jr. for An Officer and a Gentlemen
Best Supporting Actor
1989 Denzel Washington for Glory
Best Supporting Actor
1990 Whoopi Goldberg for Ghost
Best Supporting Actress
1996 Cuba Gooding, Jr. for Jerry Maguire
Best Supporting Actor
2001 Denzel Washington for Training Day
Best Actor
2001 Halle Berry for Monster's Ball
Best Actress
2004 Jamie Foxx for Ray
Best Actor
2004 Morgan Freeman for Million Dollar Baby
Best Supporting Actor
2006 Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland
Best Actor
2006 Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls
Best Supporting Actress
2009 Mo'Nique for Precious
Best Supporting Actress

Hispanic?

Asian?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Affirmatve action in casting calls now?

It's tough enough to find good actors who make the audience love or hate the character, but now you're wanting to narrow the field even more bc only a few A listers are minorities.

You could argue the rap and r&b awards are dominated by blacks. Hec, should I be offended bc BET has their own channel?

This is dumb. It's just like I don't want all men on my Board of Directors b/c women have a different experience. I need men, women and people of color. If you only have one perspective, it's very narrow. You should be asking why there aren't as many women and people of color in powerful jobs in Hollywood. Across the board.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have had some heavily black ones in the past. If you look at in relation to the demographics of the entire Nation...there was one year when almost every one of the 4 major categories were won by AA.

http://www.uticapubliclibrary.org/resources/literature-and-film-guides/african-american-oscar-winners-and-nominees-acting/

The African American Actors who have won Academy Awards (Oscars)

1939 Hattie McDaniel for Gone With the Wind
Best Supporting Actress
1963 Sidney Poitier for Lilies of the Field
Best Actor
1982 Louis Gossett, Jr. for An Officer and a Gentlemen
Best Supporting Actor
1989 Denzel Washington for Glory
Best Supporting Actor
1990 Whoopi Goldberg for Ghost
Best Supporting Actress
1996 Cuba Gooding, Jr. for Jerry Maguire
Best Supporting Actor
2001 Denzel Washington for Training Day
Best Actor
2001 Halle Berry for Monster's Ball
Best Actress
2004 Jamie Foxx for Ray
Best Actor
2004 Morgan Freeman for Million Dollar Baby
Best Supporting Actor
2006 Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland
Best Actor
2006 Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls
Best Supporting Actress
2009 Mo'Nique for Precious
Best Supporting Actress

Hispanic?

Asian?

Here's a link, scroll down to see graphic. It doesn't appear that any woman has been nominated in a leading role as of today. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/20/latino-oscar-history_n_6723284.html
Also Wikipedia (sorry). Amazingly, the woman that won for Imitatioin of Life...portrayed a black woman. Loved that movie. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hispanic-American_(U.S.)_Academy_Award_winners_and_nominees

Asian winners - 6 total winners, ever. Ang Lee has done the best most recently: Brokeback Mountain and Life of Pi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Asian_Academy_Award_winners_and_nominees

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I never realized how white Hollywood is until I married an Asian man. Now that I have half Asian kids, it's fuck-all hard to find anything but bit parts (stereotypes, at that) that reflect them in entertainment.

It's sort of a bummer. I don't disagree that maybe this year all the really good roles/performances were played by white people. But maybe it's because 95% of all major actors are white (and pulled from a tiny pool of A-listers).

Fresh off the boat is good

[Anonymous]

Idris Elba just one the Critics Choice Award last night for Luther

[Anonymous]

I was hoping Karen Abercrombie would be nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her stellar performance in "War Room"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3832914/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have had some heavily black ones in the past. If you look at in relation to the demographics of the entire Nation...there was one year when almost every one of the 4 major categories were won by AA.

http://www.uticapubliclibrary.org/resources/literature-and-film-guides/african-american-oscar-winners-and-nominees-acting/

The African American Actors who have won Academy Awards (Oscars)

1939 Hattie McDaniel for Gone With the Wind
Best Supporting Actress
1963 Sidney Poitier for Lilies of the Field
Best Actor
1982 Louis Gossett, Jr. for An Officer and a Gentlemen
Best Supporting Actor
1989 Denzel Washington for Glory
Best Supporting Actor
1990 Whoopi Goldberg for Ghost
Best Supporting Actress
1996 Cuba Gooding, Jr. for Jerry Maguire
Best Supporting Actor
2001 Denzel Washington for Training Day
Best Actor
2001 Halle Berry for Monster's Ball
Best Actress
2004 Jamie Foxx for Ray
Best Actor
2004 Morgan Freeman for Million Dollar Baby
Best Supporting Actor
2006 Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland
Best Actor
2006 Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls
Best Supporting Actress
2009 Mo'Nique for Precious
Best Supporting Actress

Wow, my childhood library. Good find. Way better than Wikipedia...

That's up until 2009. Your list omits:

Octavia Spencer in 2011 for The Help
Best Supporting Actress and
2013 Lupita Nyong'o for 12 Years a Slave
Best Supporting Actress.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The sad part to me is that ONLY black entertainers/actors seem to be piping up about the issue. Thereby making it a 'black issue', which will be summarily dismissed. Jada Pinkett Smith should take a step back and let some other hues voice their concerns. Plenty of Asian and Latino actors and directors are major contributors. Same issue every time there's a panel on affirmative action. Black people march out front and it becomes all out black vs. white. It will never resonate that way.

Blacks are the most established and organized minority in the country, and many whites want to support them given the history of slavery and civil rights, so it's easier for them to be vocal about stuff.

The sad part to me is that blacks primarily seem to care about blacks, instead of including and inspiring all minorities. That dilutes the potential power of the growing number of non-whites.

What are you talking about??????

[Anonymous]

I haven't seen any of the nominated films and performances, so was just lukewarm on this issue until I watched Nightly News and hear that Straight Outta Compton got only one nomination - for the writers, who are white.

F*cked. Up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know this is a criticism of the Oscars and has been for some time. I see that it is again this year. I stopped watching the awards show years ago for various reasons. And, I'm unlikely to watch this year, either. But, I get that it's a big honor for actors.

I've not seen that many movies this past year so am genuinely wondering if the complaint is more general or is there some specific actor(s)/actress(es) that have been overlooked this year? Is it right to expect a non-white nominee regardless of the caliber of the performance? Is that the complaint here? Or is there someone or some people who have been genuinely overlooked this year?

I realize that someone will find something wrong with what I've asked and that's fine. But, I'm just wondering what people think (after just reading that Jada Pinkett Smith is boycotting the event).

I haven't read the other responses and I'm not sure if boycotting the event is warranted. But, there were specific movies and performances this year that could or should have been recognized, notably Straight Outta Compton (deserving of a Best Picture nominee as well as an acting nomination for Jason Mitchell at least) and Creed (deserving of a best actor nomination for Michael B. Jordan and a best supporting actress nomination for Tessa Thompson). I believe that if Michael B. Jordan were white he would be a double Oscar nominee by now. The Oscars would be so much more interesting if they were interested in different types of actors and stories.

By the way, I am white and and a huge movie/Oscar buff.

Another white person who is flummoxed by the lack of recognition for Michael B. Jordan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does it have to be multi-racial? What if the only amazing performances were white this year?

Should they pick some ethnic actors just to round out cast? I guess I just don't know what people expect.

I expect (if by which you mean want) movie production companies to select more scripts that have strong roles for actors of color. An actor can't compete on his or her own for an Oscar. They've only got a shot of winning if they're cast in a movie with an excellent script. If most of the good scripts that are chosen for high budget films feature white lead characters, then the ony "amazing performers" people will know about will be white.

If by expect you mean what I think will happen, then I expect nothing to change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have had some heavily black ones in the past. If you look at in relation to the demographics of the entire Nation...there was one year when almost every one of the 4 major categories were won by AA.

http://www.uticapubliclibrary.org/resources/literature-and-film-guides/african-american-oscar-winners-and-nominees-acting/

The African American Actors who have won Academy Awards (Oscars)

1939 Hattie McDaniel for Gone With the Wind
Best Supporting Actress
1963 Sidney Poitier for Lilies of the Field
Best Actor
1982 Louis Gossett, Jr. for An Officer and a Gentlemen
Best Supporting Actor
1989 Denzel Washington for Glory
Best Supporting Actor
1990 Whoopi Goldberg for Ghost
Best Supporting Actress
1996 Cuba Gooding, Jr. for Jerry Maguire
Best Supporting Actor
2001 Denzel Washington for Training Day
Best Actor
2001 Halle Berry for Monster's Ball
Best Actress
2004 Jamie Foxx for Ray
Best Actor
2004 Morgan Freeman for Million Dollar Baby
Best Supporting Actor
2006 Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland
Best Actor
2006 Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls
Best Supporting Actress
2009 Mo'Nique for Precious
Best Supporting Actress

Wow, my childhood library. Good find. Way better than Wikipedia...

That's up until 2009. Your list omits:

Octavia Spencer in 2011 for The Help
Best Supporting Actress and
2013 Lupita Nyong'o for 12 Years a Slave
Best Supporting Actress.

Lupita Nyong'o isn't AA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have had some heavily black ones in the past. If you look at in relation to the demographics of the entire Nation...there was one year when almost every one of the 4 major categories were won by AA.

http://www.uticapubliclibrary.org/resources/literature-and-film-guides/african-american-oscar-winners-and-nominees-acting/

The African American Actors who have won Academy Awards (Oscars)

1939 Hattie McDaniel for Gone With the Wind
Best Supporting Actress
1963 Sidney Poitier for Lilies of the Field
Best Actor
1982 Louis Gossett, Jr. for An Officer and a Gentlemen
Best Supporting Actor
1989 Denzel Washington for Glory
Best Supporting Actor
1990 Whoopi Goldberg for Ghost
Best Supporting Actress
1996 Cuba Gooding, Jr. for Jerry Maguire
Best Supporting Actor
2001 Denzel Washington for Training Day
Best Actor
2001 Halle Berry for Monster's Ball
Best Actress
2004 Jamie Foxx for Ray
Best Actor
2004 Morgan Freeman for Million Dollar Baby
Best Supporting Actor
2006 Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland
Best Actor
2006 Jennifer Hudson for Dreamgirls
Best Supporting Actress
2009 Mo'Nique for Precious
Best Supporting Actress

Halle Berry had no business winning that year. There was nothing impressive about her performance at all. And, I can't believe Jamie Foxx in "Ray" won over Russell Crowe in "A Beautiful Mind." It seems that a little preferential treatment was given in these instances, maybe others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Will Smith is not Oscar worthy.

He's been nominated twice before for Best Actor and had a lot of good press for Concussion.