Chris Rock has been taking a lot of heat for still hosting the Oscars this Sunday, but today he released a tweet with a clip of TV static and the text "See you Sunday.... #blackout #oscars"
This alludes to the fact that Rock may come out with a very political (and needed) message of how the Oscars are so white. It came out as soon as the nominations came out that Rock rewrote the monologue. But what does that mean for viewers? Is it more powerful to boycott the Oscars? Or should we tune in and see what Rock is going to do, is that more helpful to the movement? These are all very complicated questions, that might result in something similar to the reaction to Beyonce's formation video with white backlash.
The media is already controlled by white elites, so maybe Chris Rock will be able to take control of the message on a big night for Hollywood, my only hope is that the media portrays the message for what it is, and not as an anti-white movement. The inclusion of blackness is not the exclusion of whiteness, but the focus on whiteness always is the exclusion of blackness.
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