The Jokes Were Mostly Bad And Sometimes Racist: #OscarsSoWhite Recap
Here's how Twitter took down #OscarsSoWhite during the actual ceremony:
So over the #OctaviaSpencer bit. It is not fun to check in with a black woman only in the context of her performing a duty for you. #Oscars
-- Janet Mock (@janetmock) February 23, 2015 It's very fitting that the Oscars have rappers on stage this year and they're white people.
-- Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) February 23, 2015 You're telling me that all Black people are good for on this night is presenting awards and being the butt of jokes? #OscarsSoWhite #Oscars
-- Freedom Fighter (@PoloT_TreyG) February 23, 2015 #OscarsSoWhite that Gwyneth Paltrow's Mexican nanny will be presenting a statuette any minute now
-- Lalo Alcaraz (@laloalcaraz) February 23, 2015 All of the jokes that included black actors had mad racist undertones #Bruh #OscarsSoWhite
-- LegendaryLaidbackLiz (@RhythmicHeart) February 23, 2015 #OscarsSoWhite even the Jazz movie is a bunch of stern white dudes
-- naxuu (@naxuu) February 23, 2015 Richard Pryor Called the #OscarsSoWhite Before Twitter - NBC News http://t.co/Th36vydnMi #SmartNews
-- Tracey Winbush (@traceywinbush) February 23, 2015 I know this is "just an awards show" but these "We shoulda nominated black people" jokes simply do not work.
-- roxane gay (@rgay) February 23, 2015 Ending the Oscars with a racist joke seems fitting for this Oscar season, Sean Penn.
-- E. Alex Jung (@e_alexjung) February 23, 2015