With all this #OscarsSoWhite brouhaha going on, I wanted to science the issue, so I did some math:
African American Academy Award Winners in acting categories since 2000
Best Actor
2006 - Forest Whitaker (The Last King Of Scotland)
2004 - Jamie Foxx (Ali)
2001 - Denzel Washington (Training Day)
3/15 = 20%
Best Actress
2001 - Halle Berry (Monster's Ball)
1/15 = 6.5%
Best Actor In A Supporting Role
2004 - Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby)
1/15 = 6.5%
Best Actress In A Supporting Role
2006 - Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls)
2009 - Mo'Nique (Precious)
2011 - Octavia Spencer (The Help)
2013 - Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years A Slave)
4/15 = 26.5%
Win percentage 9/60 = 15%
African American Academy Award Nominations in acting categories since 2000
Best Actor - 10 nominations / 75 nominees
Best Actress - 4 nominations / 75 nominees
Best Actor In A Supporting Role - 6 nominations / 75 nominees
Best Actress In A Supporting Role - 9 nominations / 75 nominees
Nomination percentage 29/300 = 9.5%
If African Americans make up ~13.2%[1] of the US population, that ~15% win percentage is right on the money, right?
The 9.5% for nominations is a bit low, but it would seem that African Americans are more likely to win if they do get nominated.
Is there really an #OscarsSoWhite issue?
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academ...for_Best_Actor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academ...r_Best_Actress
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academ...pporting_Actor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academ...orting_Actress
[1] http://www.cdc.gov/minorityhealth/po...EMP/black.html
African American Academy Award Winners in acting categories since 2000
Best Actor
2006 - Forest Whitaker (The Last King Of Scotland)
2004 - Jamie Foxx (Ali)
2001 - Denzel Washington (Training Day)
3/15 = 20%
Best Actress
2001 - Halle Berry (Monster's Ball)
1/15 = 6.5%
Best Actor In A Supporting Role
2004 - Morgan Freeman (Million Dollar Baby)
1/15 = 6.5%
Best Actress In A Supporting Role
2006 - Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls)
2009 - Mo'Nique (Precious)
2011 - Octavia Spencer (The Help)
2013 - Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years A Slave)
4/15 = 26.5%
Win percentage 9/60 = 15%
African American Academy Award Nominations in acting categories since 2000
Best Actor - 10 nominations / 75 nominees
Best Actress - 4 nominations / 75 nominees
Best Actor In A Supporting Role - 6 nominations / 75 nominees
Best Actress In A Supporting Role - 9 nominations / 75 nominees
Nomination percentage 29/300 = 9.5%
If African Americans make up ~13.2%[1] of the US population, that ~15% win percentage is right on the money, right?
The 9.5% for nominations is a bit low, but it would seem that African Americans are more likely to win if they do get nominated.
Is there really an #OscarsSoWhite issue?
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academ...for_Best_Actor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academ...r_Best_Actress
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academ...pporting_Actor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academ...orting_Actress
[1] http://www.cdc.gov/minorityhealth/po...EMP/black.html
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