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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.[/quote]

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

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[/quote]

Hispanic?

Asian?[/quote]

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.  [url]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/20/latino-oscar-history_n_6723284.html[/url]
Also Wikipedia (sorry). Amazingly, the woman that won for Imitatioin of Life...portrayed a black woman. Loved that movie. [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hispanic-American_(U.S.)_Academy_Award_winners_and_nominees[/url]

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

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