The absence of black actors generated a wave of reactions, although Hollywood began to recognize his work in 1940.
This was the year the that racial controversy came squarely at the Oscars. The flame lit director Spike Lee when he wrote a long letter on his Instagram account where he complained about the lack of black nominees and gave rise past the hashtag “OscarsSoWhite” year and this year was replicated with “OscarsStillSoWhite”. “How is it possible that for the second consecutive year the 20 contenders in the best actor category are white? And let’s not even get into the other branches,” Lee asked after thanking the honorary Oscar he received last November and say that will not be present at the ceremony tonight.
His words generated adhesion and rejection, even among members of the black community linked to films which Lee is an outstanding -and self-critical representative. This was shown from 1989 when he released “Do the right thing”, followed by nothing complacent films, such as “Fever of love and madness,” “Crooklyn” and “Clockers”, which addressed discrimination among members of his community because of the greater or lesser intensity of skin color, the rejection of interracial marriages (one black with a descendant of Italians), drugs or self-marginalization.
But what the facts that support the claim are? In the history of the Oscars only 15 interpreters received the statuette. The first black actress to receive it was Hattie McDaniel in 1940 for her role in “Gone with the Wind”, created ten years after the award. Sidney Poitier received his first Oscar in 1963 for “A voice in the shadows” which was his second nomination for the award. The second, Honorífico, won in 2001.
Gossett Jr. Luois got in 1982 as best supporting actor for his work in “Challenge to fate.” Denzel Washington received the award twice: in 1989 as best actor for “Glory Days” and in 2001 for best actor in “Training Day.” That same year Halle Berry won for “Change of life”. Whoopi Goldberg received the Oscar for best supporting actress in 1990 for “Ghost” and as did, in 1996, Cuba Gooding Jr. for his role in “Jerry Maguire”.
In 2004 was the turn of Jamie Foxx twice. That year the actor was nominated as best actor for “Collateral,” which did not obtain, but received the same gala the best actor for “Ray,” a great job in this biopic about the life of Ray Charles. Taylor Hackford’s film shows how a young blind, poor and black South America, is transformed, with the guidance of an intelligent and rigorous, in one of the greatest jazz legends mother. Morgan Freeman won it in 2005 for “Million Dollar Baby”, Clint Eastwood film. And the following year, 2006, the actress and singer Jennifer Hudson won an Oscar as best supporting actress for “Dreamgirls”
Also in 2006, the character of Idi Amin approached him his Oscar for best actor Forest Whitaker for “The last king of Scotland”. In 2010 it was the turn of Mo’Nique for “Precious” and Octavia Spencer won his statuette in 2012 for “The Help.”
The Academy of Hollywood, chaired by Cheryl Boone Isaacs, a black woman, has made efforts in recent times so that there is more diversity among its mostly older members and whites. In July, the company extended invitations to black artists like David Oyelowo, Gugu Mbatha-Raw or Gary Gray, and recently announced the A2020 initiative, which aims to further diversify the Academy and encourage the industry to provide more opportunities for minorities . In addition, the 88th edition of the Oscars will be hosted by comedian Chris Rock black
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