What the Oscar Nominations Say About Hollywood
Jan 25, 2017, 12:21 AM
For the last two years, the announcement of Oscar nominations has been met with persistent protests over the lack of nonwhite nominees. The #oscarssowhite hashtag was beginning to feel like a regular late January trend. This year is different.
After two years without a single nonwhite acting nominee, 7 of 20 2017 nominations went to nonwhite actors.