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47 (Out Of 350) Times People Of Colour Contended For Oscars In 10 Years

47 (Out Of 350) Times People Of Colour Were Oscar Nominees
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Associate News Editor, Trends and Traffic, The Huffington Post Canada

HOLLYWOOD, CA - MARCH 02: Actress Lupita Nyong'o poses in the press room at the 86th annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on March 2, 2014 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jason LaVeris/WireImage)
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HOLLYWOOD, CA - MARCH 02: Actress Lupita Nyong'o poses in the press room at the 86th annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on March 2, 2014 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jason LaVeris/WireImage)

And the Oscar nominees are ... the whitest since 1998.

That's the truth as far as the acting categories are concerned. For the first time in 17 years, not a single person of colour stands to win an acting Oscar. [The Atlantic says the last entirely-non-white Oscar nomination list was in 1995. We'll let them duke out which year it is.]

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