Best
Supporting
Actress
winner
Patricia
Arquette,
who
made
an
impassioned
appeal
for
women's
equality
on
Oscars
2015
stage,
landed
in
trouble
by
calling
"people
of
color" to
fight
for
women's
rights
in
the
backstage
interview
during
the
ceremony.
The
"Boyhood" actress
got
a
standing
ovation
by
Meryl
Streep
during
the
ceremony
on
Sunday
and
much
praise
in
the
media
for
her
speech
which
urged
for
wages
equality.
In
her
answer
to
a
question
whether
she
had
seen
Streep's
reaction,
Arquette,
46,
said
she
had
not
but
she
later
hugged
the
veteran
actress.
She
then
went
on
to
elaborate
on
her
onstage
comments,
saying,
"
...
even
though
we
sort
of
feel
like
we
have
equal
rights
in
America,
right
under
the
surface,
there
are
huge
issues
that
are
applied
that
really
do
affect
women.
And
it's
time
for
all
the
women
in
America
and
all
the
men
that
love
women,
and
all
the
gay
people,
and
all
the
people
of
color
that
we've
all
fought
for
to
fight
for
us
now."
The
comment
sparked
an
instant
reaction
on
Twitter
with
many
expressing
disappointment.
"People
of
colour
have
enjoyed
freedom
for
so,
so
long
and
yet
we
continue
to
ignore
the
plight
of
downtrodden
Patricia
Arquettes.
#ashamed,"
one
user
wrote.
"Other
than
disappearing
women
of
color,
trans
women,
and
lesbians,
Arquette
was
great,"
said
another.
Arquette
later
took
to
Twitter
to
defend
her
comments,
saying,
"I
have
long
been
an
advocate
for
the
rights
of
the
#LBGT
community.
The
question
is
why
aren't
you
an
advocate
for
equality
for
ALL
women?
"Guess
which
women
are
the
most
negatively
effected
in
wage
inequality?
Women
of
color.
#Equalpay
for
ALL
women.
Women
stand
together
in
this."