Correct me if I'm wrong, but were there any non-white winners?

[ShaneGR]

Or for that matter, nominations? I didn't see even one person who wouldn't be considered caucasian on the stage all night.

[PVnRT]

1. Nominees, yes

Supporting actor and actress, may have been some in other categories, I don't know.

[Darkseid69]

2. Perhaps

There weren't enough roles last year that stood out?

[Jim Sagle]

3. Oprah was there for some announcement.

[Khephra]

5. She also got Jamie Lee being hassled by the Oscar Censor

On tape, so I expect that will get some replay in the future.

[neoteric lefty]

4. i think there was

a black actor from africa, Djimon Hounsou for In America and Ken Watanabe for the last samauri both supporting actors

[corporatewhore]

6. Trent L'ottscar

THE TRENT L'OTTSCAR
A billboard at Highland and Melrose in Hollywood, March 1-31, 2003

On March 1, 2003, the Guerrilla Girls introduced our latest redesign of the golden boy: the Trent L'Ottscar. Why? Because the stodgy Senate and hip Hollywood have something in common: they both lag behind the rest of U.S. society in numbers of women and people of color in top positions. And the Senate is doing better than the film industry! 14% of US Senators are female (the highest percentage in history, although still paltry). But only 4% of directors of 2002's top 100 films are female.

In fact, even the interim government of Afghanistan is more progressive than Hollywood. 6% of the interim cabinet members are women!

Here are the embarrassing Hollywood statistics, all from The Celluloid Ceiling, a yearly study by Martha Lauzen of San Diego State University:
Of 2002's top-grossing 100 films:
4% had female directors
8% had female writers
1% had female cinematographers
12% had female editors

And here are a few more stats:
Hollywood guilds are 80 to 90 % white.
No people of color employed by movie studios have the power to greenlight movies.
4 of the 44 partners or board members at the town's top 5 talent agencies are women. None of the 44 are people of color.

We maintain that in the 21st century, low, low, low numbers like this HAVE to be the result of discrimination, unconscious, conscious or both. And there's an easy way to change things: open up that boys' club and hire more women and people of color. It worked in medicine, business and law. It worked in the art world. Now it's Hollywood's turn.

Since 1999, the Guerrilla Girls, joined by an anonymous group of women directors called the Alice Locas, have been putting up stickers, posters and billboards criticizing and satirizing the Neanderthal film industry. Last year, our "Anatomically Correct Oscar Billboard" in Hollywood was the subject of news coverage from as far away as New Zealand. We like to think that in some small way our billboard helped Halle Berry and Denzel Washington win their Oscars. (Even with their well-deserved accomplishment, only 3% of Oscars for acting -leading and supporting-have ever been won by people of color). In January we invaded the Sundance film festival with our satirical movie poster, "The Birth of Feminism." We plan to have supporters sneak our stickers into the Oscars this year, too, and put them up in the bathrooms of the Kodak Theater.

[LastKnight]

8. im not saying thier is or isnt racisim/sexisim in hollywood...

but... i mean... maybe its just the fact that more white men may be interested in directing, writing, cinematography, editing and the like. i dont have any hard proof that more students of one backround or another enrolling in film classes, but its just my suspicion that its due to the sheer numbers of people from one background looking for these jobs is the reason for the breakdown.

also, this was only top grossing films... a blockbuster film cant be made by one person, it takes teamwork among all the participants, in front of the camera and behind...

-LK

[gmoney]

7. "Barbershop" was robbed...

Saw "Mystic River" today... pretty good, but really just an exercise in gloom and grime.

But LOTR? I guess money talks...

[Fenris]

11. LOTR was honored because of what a landmark film it was

Jackson wrote the screenplay with his wife and managed to successfully capture the grandeur of the novels with a very limited budget. He created what is essentially a nine hour film, and was able to distill page after page of Tolkien's vision into that short amount of time. And yes, the films were very successful, and they made a lot of money for the studio. But they were also well-made, well-directed, and well-acted films that attempted to do what no one else had done, making a working movie out of the greatest fantasy works of all time.

If Jackson had not won, and had LOTR not received the Best Picture Oscar, I believe a great injustice would have been committed.

[murielm99]

9. We talked about this last year.

Last year, there were two African-American winners. It seems that every forty years or so, they decide to have an African American winner. Remember Sidney Poitier?

When Halle Berry won last year, I noticed that she was really mixed race. She has a white mother. Why didn't they find some fabulous actress with really dark skin, and non-caucasian features? Oh, that's right. They don't get the roles in the first place.

[Mz Pip]

10. Nicole Kidman

won last year. Halle Berry the year before. Benicio del Toro got nominated this year.

But it was slim pickings for minorities this year for sure.

MzPip
:dem:

[sleipnir]

12. Wake up, Entertainment is 85% White,..

Movies, Theatre, TV are all industries that are overpopulated by white people. I work in said industry and it's true. It's almost exclusively white, I'm not sure why exactly, I have a few theories, but then again, Why is the NHL all white too? Well, more white people flock to these types of entertainment, most of them are "suburban whites" oddly enough. Thus, if there's an overwhelming majority of whites in an industry, it stands to reason that the awards that reward the top performances/craft would also feature nearly all whites. It's a matter of mathematical odds and percentages.

[anti_shrub]

13. Charlize Theron is African

She's from South Africa.

*dodges thrown objects*

[Alenne]

17. She is still white or Caucasian

Your comment would have made sense if the original question had been about African Americans.

[Bridget Burke]

14. This would be a good time for a summary....

Of the non-white productions, roles, etc., that should have been recognized.

I would sincerely like to check them out.

[Devils Advocate NZ]

15. Keisha Castle-Hughes! A member of one of the smallest minorities around!

Keisha Castle-Hughes (nominated for best actress) is half Maori (Australian father, Maori mother). There are less than a million Maori world wide, but there was one nominated for an Oscar!

(Disclosure: I am also half Maori, but in reverse: A Maori father and Australian mother)

[SoCalDem]

16. Hey.. that is so "last year"

[Limbought]

18. SoCalDem .........

I love that gif!

[SoCalDem]

20. Thnaks.. I just wish the guy had been wearing a suit

..and a bad toupee :)

[Burma Jones]

19. I think City of God was pretty well Nominated

And that wasn't so "White"

[jsw_81]

21. Who the hell cares?

Let the best actors win REGARDLESS of race or color.