7 Blackest Moments From The Oscars

by ioneanalytics

February 27, 2017

If you were to compare last year’s Oscars to this year’s Oscars you would have to come up with a new hashtag: #OscarsSoBlack

And yes, the host was WAYYY better last year, but this year victory was ours.

Here are seven of the BLACKEST ✊? moments from the 89th Academy Awards:

1. MAHERSHALA ALI WINS THE FIRST AWARD OF THE NIGHT: We were off to a great start.

#PressPlay #MahershalaAli accepts his #Oscar for moonlight. ?? Was he your winning choice?

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2. THE ‘HIDDEN FIGURES’ BLACK HISTORY MOMENT: It’s still February. Salute to Katherine Johnson!

 

3. VIOLA DAVIS’ WINNING SPEECH FOR ‘FENCES’: Had us like ?. She now has an Oscar, Emmy, and Tony.

 

4. BLACK TWITTER GETS ON HALLE BERRY’S WIG: Somebody’s grandmother is looking for her good wig right now…

 

5. CHRISSY TEIGEN FALLS ASLEEP: Chrissy was “red ta go.”

 

6. DENZEL WASHINGTON LOOKING “OVER IT” ALL NIGHT: After losing to Casey Affleck, Denzel was also “red ta go.”

 

7. ‘MOONLIGHT’ WINS AFTER THE BIGGEST AWARD SHOW MESS-UP IN HISTORY: Can’t blame Steve Harvey for this one! We are obsessed with this film and glad to see this all-Black cast shine in their moment.

 

BONUS! #GARYFROMCHICAGO: He was all of our uncles last night.

TELL US: What was your favorite moment from the Oscars?

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