The Oscars seemed to be exceptionally worth celebrating this year for Cardiffans, since an ex-Cardiff University student won an award<\/a> for a documentary. It was\u00a0also massive news to the world as we saw two black actors, one male and one female, winning big titles. This\u00a0is the first in history Oscars opens its arms to\u00a0more than one black awardee\u00a0on the same night since the 2007 ceremony.<\/p>\n Oscars, statistically, is moving to a better race equality. If we take a closer look at the data,\u00a0the progress is even visible from the list of nominees as six out of 20 are black.<\/p>\n “With Moonlight winning the best picture, I think definitely some progress has been made,” said Oscar Bland\u00f3n<\/a>, Twitter user commenting on black people at the Oscars.<\/p>\n .@ViolaDavis<\/a> is the first black actor to win an Oscar, Emmy, and Tony award https:\/\/t.co\/kYXYHp89kH<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/0AL4d5rlYe<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Variety (@Variety) 2017\u5e742\u670828\u65e5<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n the first muslim to win an oscar and first black woman to win an emmy, oscar, and tony (for acting). look at these LEGENDS. pic.twitter.com\/ogZPOGwFW5<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 e (@beyonseh) 2017\u5e742\u670827\u65e5<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n In the past two years, the\u00a0academy was heavily criticised with the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite across social media sites. People have complained about the lack of race diversity and the white-dominant show. This year, despite the rise in black\u2019s involvement, many netizens still feel sceptical over whether\u00a0only rewarding black actors and actresses would colourise the Academy Awards.<\/p>\n Although the Academy has had a total number of 38 black winners throughout its\u00a088-year history,\u00a0Asian actors have had even less opportunities. To be exact,\u00a0only 13 Asian winners with 16 nominations so far. This year, English actor Dev Patel might be the only one in the acting category who have an Asian blood connection, since both of his parents are\u00a0Indians.<\/p>\n Patel said to Reuters<\/a>: “The effort that I had to go through to physically transform, the voice, all of that gets pushed aside and it’s packaged as just an Indian dude, that, sometimes, is a shame.”<\/p>\n Munzir Quraishy, a film enthusiast at Cardiff University also pointed out: “A few Asian actors are slowly coming through, but there is still a huge under representation, especially in significant roles. Meanwhile, with other creative fields, like directing, producing, editing etc. The problem is worse.”<\/p>\n Remember, one year of inclusion doesn’t make #OscarSoWhite<\/a> obsolete. Where are the Asian-American, Native-American, Latino films? #Oscars<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 britni danielle (@BritniDWrites) 2017\u5e742\u670827\u65e5<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n PROGRESS: A rise in Asian presenters this year at the #Oscars<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0… still a long way to go… but look at them, glowing pic.twitter.com\/KgbGbdwTlq<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Nerdy Asians (@NerdyAsians) 2017\u5e742\u670827\u65e5<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Why are Asians underrepresented across the board? Michael Hefner<\/a>, one of the audience who questioned the Oscars’ result\u00a0on Twitter, said to us that it was because “they are not viewed as ‘oppressed’ according to the Left.” The total\u00a0Asian population in the US, below 5%, could be another reason.<\/p>\n Interestingly, Twitter has also been swarmed with tweets congratulating Asians’ wins.\u00a0However, they were all either misled or plays on sarcasm about whitewashing.\u00a0Stars misrepresented as Asians on Twitter were Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson and Emma Stone. None of them were Asian.\u00a0This confusion comes from the roles they have acted in, including Damon as William in The Great Wall (2016)<\/a>, Johansson as the Major in Ghost in the shell (2017)<\/a> and\u00a0Stone as Captain Allison Ng in Aloha (2015)<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n So many Asian ppl at the oscars tonight so exciting pic.twitter.com\/5A4nh2Zou4<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Preeti Chhibber (@runwithskizzers) 2017\u5e742\u670827\u65e5<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Congrats to Emma Stone, the first Asian American to win Best Actress! #Oscars<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/WcDcVkfLKg<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/OtGN4a9hJm<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Malia Griggs (@maliagriggs) 2017\u5e742\u670827\u65e5<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n
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