#OscarsSoWhite, Again: All-White Oscar Nominations Slammed on Social Media
The 88th annual Academy Awards released its 2016 nominees Thursday morning with a familiar look -- only white actors were nominated in the acting categories.
By Sarah Glover •
Updated on January 14, 2016 at 3:37 pm
Should the Oscar statuettes be painted white?
Omar White of The Popcorn Reel tweeted so. "It's not golden when you consistenly ignore one gender and other races," he wrote.
The 88th annual Academy Awards released its 2016 nominees Thursday morning with a familiar look — only white actors were nominated in the acting categories.
The Academy skipped over actors of color such as Benicio Del Toro for "Sicario," Idris Elba for "Beasts of No Nation," and Tessa Thompson for "Creed."