Oscars Host Chris Rock Can't Resist Pointing Out How White These Oscars Are

Even Oscar host Chris Rock has to point out that the Oscars are extremely white this year.

January 16, 2016

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It's no secret that the Academy Awards are extra white. There's not a single black actor nominated for an award for the second straight year, and Twitter has been having a field day with that news via #OscarsSoWhite today.

That's probably putting Oscars host Chris Rock in a weird position. The comedian stopped short of using the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag, but he definitely made a quiet nod to the situation by referring to the Oscars as the "white BET awards" when he posted a new teaser for the show.

The 87th Academy Awards air Sunday, Feb. 22, at 8:30 p.m. on ABC.