Are The Oscars Racist? 40 White Nominees, 0 Black in Two Years…

Since the Oscars award nominations were announced on January 14th, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has been under serious fire.  For the second consecutive year, all twenty nominees in the major acting categories were white.This observation was widely recognized and sparked the revival of the infamous twitter hash tag #OscarsSoWhite from last year.  But the backlash seems to be much bigger this year, and things got interesting when Jada Pinkett Smith stepped in an