STREAM EXCLUSIVE ORIGINALS

San Francisco Chronicle Gets Slammed for 'Racist' Oscars Story

The paper questions if the actors deserved the nominations.

The Oscar nominations have recently been announced and more moments for the history books were created with the growing number of Black nominees in the 2017 list as opposed to previous years.  

However, a recent article published in the San Francisco Chronicle suggested that rather than the Academy choosing the cream of the crop for this year's nominees, they may have "adjusted" for the purpose of inclusion, following the pressures of #OscarsSoWhite, which was popularized following the whitewashed list of 2016.

Naturally, the social media community is not happy with this assumption made by the writer Mick LaSalle and has taken to Twitter to explain their disappointments.

Did the San Francisco Chronicle go too far?

  • (Photo: San Francisco Chronicle)

    San Francisco Chronicle

    (Photo: San Francisco Chronicle)

    A photo of the clipping detailing the insulting headline has been making its rounds on social media.

  • In addition to taking offense to the article's headline, many found that the crediting of the now memorable and popular hashtag #OscarsSoWhite to Spike Lee — not its creator April Reign — was also problematic.

    Reign even took to Twitter herself to explain to LaSalle that his information was skewed.

    Take a look below:

  • advertisement
  • advertisement

Latest News

Subscribe for BET Updates

Provide your email address to receive our newsletter.


By clicking Subscribe, you confirm that you have read and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge our Privacy Policy. You also agree to receive marketing communications, updates, special offers (including partner offers) and other information from BET and the Paramount family of companies. You understand that you can unsubscribe at any time.