Twitter reacts to absence of a black Oscars nominee

chibumga izuzu 15:18 - 14 January 2016

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The nominees for the 2016 Academy Awards is out! And no black actor was nominated. Check out Twitter reaction to the absence of nominations.

Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, actor John Krasinski, Ang Lee and Guillermo del Toro announced the 88th Academy Awards nominations today, Thursday, January 14, 2016.

Following the announcement, Twitter has reacted to the absence of a black actor or movie on list.

Check out Tweets with the hastag #OscarsSoWhite

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More Tweets coming.

After the 2015 Oscar nominations, the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite also trended on Twitter, which led to Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs addressing lack of diversity at the Oscars.

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Rock, who hosted the awards for the 1st time in 2005, will work alongside Regina Hedlin, the event's new co-producer, who also directed the pilot of his series, 'Everybody Hates Chris.'

The 87th Oscars which was hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, took a 16% decline in the ratings.

The upcoming edition is scheduled to hold at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on February 28, 2016.