You can't get a white actor to play Idi Amin. You can't get a white actor to play Ray Charles.
[...] For the first time in more than 25 years, the Friends of the Black Oscars, the secretive group that sponsored the event, decided that the black Oscars have finally become obsolete. Since 2002, when Halle Berry and Denzel Washington took home best actor and best actress statuettes, African-American actors and actresses have consistently had a more significant presence in the race for Oscar.This year a record-breaking five African-American actors and actresses — Forest Whitaker, Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Hudson, Will Smith and Djimon Hounsou — were nominated. In the words of a member of the Friends of the Black Oscars board, "This year, the Black Oscars will be at Kodak."
"I often used to enjoy the fact that I could name all the black Oscar winners and do it rather quickly because there weren't that many of them. It's getting harder and harder," said Todd Boyd, a professor of critical studies at the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts. [...]
| That's from Rebecca Lee's Associated Press (via ABC News) article "The end of the Black Oscars"
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