Academy Quote by George Clooney

The Academy just reflects Hollywood. And until we break those barriers, until we have African-American or minority studio executives, 'til we have people who…

— Roger Ross Williams

White boys always get the Oscar. It's a known fact. Did I ever get a nomination? No! You know why? Cause I hadn't played…

— Eddie Murphy

Black people have been qualified to be president for hundreds of years. George Washington Carver could have been president. I could go on with…

— Chris Rock

Some Republicans gave up on winning the African-American vote, looking the other way or trying to benefit politically from racial polarization. I am here…

— Ken Mehlman

There are simply too many Academy members who were voted in during a less inclusive era and still remain a large voting bloc even…

— Roger Ross Williams

White people are very good at acting like they're not racist. They deserve an Academy Award for that.

— Paul Mooney

We can never know... But maybe it's because no black actors merited being nominated.Why put people into categories?

— Charlotte Rampling

I think the Oscar So White campaign really sparked ... Because you didn't want to be the Oscars, so everybody in Hollywood was like,…

— Tyrese Gibson

We did really, really badly with older African-American voters. I mean we got decimated.

— Bernie Sanders

In 1940, Hattie McDaniel became the first African American to be nominated for and to win an Oscar. It was a step forward, even…

— Jonathan Capehart

Without external pressure, things might have gone very differently. That has always been true for African Americans; the better we've been at raising international…

— Michael C Dawson

I did want to mark the fact that it was the first African-American to win the Lead Actress category.I thought it was so progressive.

— Viola Davis