It was the biggest talking point of the Oscars for weeks ahead of the ceremony.
And it gave host Chris Rock acres of material for his monologues inside the Dolby Theatre last night, where his comments about how Hollywood has an undercurrent of racism were met with plenty of belly laughs.
But not a second of the diversity protest held yards from the venue was covered during the ceremony or any of its coverage.
Al Sharpton with his so white Oscar at the protest. Picture: Getty Images
The protest was helmed by civil rights leader Al Sharpton and his National Action Network organisation in a car park on the doorstep of the Dolby Theatre.
At one point Reverend Sharpton held aloft an Oscar trophy replica painted white and declared: “This will be the last night of an all-white Oscars.”
Protesters carried placards bearing the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite, and others with the slogan, ‘Black lives matter’.
When Sharpton took the stage, from a staircase balcony overlooking the parking lot, he led the crowd in a chant that has been a familiar part of racial justice rallies across America in the last two years: “No justice – no peace.”
And it gave host Chris Rock acres of material for his monologues inside the Dolby Theatre last night, where his comments about how Hollywood has an undercurrent of racism were met with plenty of belly laughs.
But not a second of the diversity protest held yards from the venue was covered during the ceremony or any of its coverage.
Al Sharpton with his so white Oscar at the protest. Picture: Getty Images
The protest was helmed by civil rights leader Al Sharpton and his National Action Network organisation in a car park on the doorstep of the Dolby Theatre.
At one point Reverend Sharpton held aloft an Oscar trophy replica painted white and declared: “This will be the last night of an all-white Oscars.”
Protesters carried placards bearing the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite, and others with the slogan, ‘Black lives matter’.
When Sharpton took the stage, from a staircase balcony overlooking the parking lot, he led the crowd in a chant that has been a familiar part of racial justice rallies across America in the last two years: “No justice – no peace.”
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