*Immediately following the Oscar nominations this morning was the realization that this is the whitest batch of nominees since 1998.
The hashtag #OscarsSoWhite quickly sprang up on Twitter to either poke fun at, or lament the absence of people of color (POC) among the nominees.
Chile, with this pic, I’m gonna need some sun block #OscarsSoWhite pic.twitter.com/7DhVGlVAjH
— Viktor T Kerney (@wondermann5) January 15, 2015
“@MrPooni: #OscarsSoWhite they haven’t shifted their selection process in 87 years #OscarNoms pic.twitter.com/8vDx4bYHFM”
— #Hargisante (@Happy2beDee) January 15, 2015
#OscarsSoWhite they prefaced each nomination with, “I’m not racist, but…”
— Anne T. Donahue (@annetdonahue) January 15, 2015
#OscarsSoWhite they wear “I CAN Breathe” t-shirts.
— BGD (@BlackGirlDanger) January 15, 2015
#OscarsSoWhite we’ll see a lot of “Je Suis Charlie” buttons on the red carpet, but no #BlackLivesMatter
— April (@ReignOfApril) January 15, 2015
#OscarsSoWhite It felt like LBJ was the real hero of Selma.
— Miles Morales (@Ljay90) January 15, 2015
I’m surprised James Reeb, the white minister in #Selma, wasn’t nominated as best supporting actor. #OscarsSoWhite
— Kujichagulia (@iRondrea) January 15, 2015
#OscarsSoWhite, it posts wistful Facebook statuses about wishing it lived in the 1950’s without realizing it’s basically there already.
— Paul Krueger (@NotLikeFreddy) January 15, 2015
#OscarsSoWhite may be funny, but all jokes aside, this is the reality POC entertainment lives in. It’s not all jokes.
— h.d. (@SvnXIV) January 15, 2015
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