SNL Tackled Awards Season Diversity Issues Last Night, and It Was Perfect

A not-so-subtle take on #OscarsSoWhite.

Hey so the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences picked five guys that they think were the best actors in movies this year. If you were a white man even standing in the background of a shot you were probably nominated. If your name is not Michael B. Jordan, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Abraham Attah, John Boyega, or Idris Elba you were definitely nominated. SNL, which has faced scrutiny for its own diversity issues over the past few years, went right for the gut last night. It was brilliant.

Matt Miller

Matt Miller is a Brooklyn-based culture/lifestyle writer and music critic whose work has appeared in Esquire, Forbes, The Denver Post, and documentaries.