Thread by @VABVOX

What we learned from the Academy:
Vivien Leigh has Asian ancestry.
Hilary Swank is considered the 1st actress of Hispanic descent to win Best Actress (grandmother was Mexican)
Jessica Chastain is 2nd actress of Hispanic descent to win Best Actress (father is Hispanic).
#Oscars

Only two acknowledged WOC have won Best Actress: Halle Berry in 2002 and Michelle Yeoh.
14 Black actresses have been nominated for Best Actress but haven't won, including Angela Bassett, Diahann Carroll, Dorothy Dandridge, Viola Davis, Whoopi Goldberg, Diana Ross, Cecily Tyson.

Viola Davis and Whoopi Goldberg have both won Best Supporting Actress #Oscars as have 7 other Black women: Hattie McDaniel (the 1st), Jennifer Hudson, Octavia Spencer, Mo'Nique, Lupita Niyong'o, Regina King and Ariana DuBose.

I made this list and the one Sunday night of women the Academy counts as Asian winners of Best Actress, Vivien Leigh, Natalie Portman and Cher, bc there is a misperception that many WOC have won awards & last week there were comments in the media that too many WOC were nominated.

When 20% of America is Latinx and 14% is Black and 6% is Asian, our award systems should reflect those demographics. Also, the Academy has yet to comprehend that half of filmmakers are female. Yet only three women in 95 years have won for Best director. Let's do better next year.

If all the women in the Best Actress category are white and a storied Black actress is snubbed, shouldn't we ask ourselves if that is a factor of racism? One Academy voter said that Viola Davis, an EGOT, had enough awards already. No one says that about Streep or McDormand.

#Oscars95 was fabulous. But despite two of the four acting awards going to Asian actors and a very diverse group of presenters, it was still a very white and very male event. That is simply not reflective of either US demographics or the movie-going public.