Blacks weren't even allowed to play Blacks in the movies. They were portrayed by white actors in "Blackface".

Even after they were allowed to act in movies in the 30's and 40's, there was a separate film industry for "race movies" made for black audiences because blacks still weren't allowed in the "white folks" theatre.  Hmmm, do you think Black folks were the perpetrators of segregation? No, they weren't.

It wasn't until the 50's that it was socially acceptable (by whites again) for whites and blacks to actually act in the same films together! Oh, the horror! Whites and Blacks actually acting alongside each other???

Based on all this history, is it a surprise that a Black Actor didn't win the Academy Award until 1963? So, essentially, the Academy Awards were basically white people giving white people awards for the first 36 years!

I am white and watch the BET awards and don't have a problem with it. Bobo, you have a big old chip on your shoulder. It's so easy for you to cry out at perceived injustice against the poor old white guy. Give me a break!