Viola Davis Feels Black Nominees Deserved To Be At The Oscars
Viola Davis says all the black nominees chosen for this year's Oscar deserved to be there by the virtue of their performances.
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oi-Monojit
By Monojit Mandal
Renowned
American
producer
and
actress,
Viola
Davis
opens
up
regarding
the
increase
in
number
of
black
nominees
in
Oscar
this
year
in
comparison
to
last
year.
The
actress
stressed
on
the
fact
that
it
is
not
any
kind
of
compensation
drawn
to
balance
the
act
of
nominating
more
whites
in
the
Oscar
last
year.
However,
the
actress
feels
that
all
the
blacks
deserved
the
nominations
that
they
received
this
year..
"There's
a
lot
of
typecasting
--
age,
sex,
colour,
dark-skinned,
light-skinned," said
Viola
Davis
who
grabbed
the
prestigious
Screen
Actors
Guild
Awards
in
the
category
of
'Outstanding
Performance
by
a
Female
Actor
in
a
Supporting
Role.'
"Response
to
#OscarSoWhite?
No.
I
think
that
every
nominee
from
Naomie
Harris
to
Octavia
Spencer
to
'Hidden
Figures'
to
'Fences'
to
'Moonlight'
to
Mahershala
Ali
are
up
there
because
they
deserve
to
be
there." Said
Viola
Davis
in
a
statement.
Davis
says,
there
might
be
a
lot
of
people
thinking
about
the
black
nominees
entered
this
year's
Oscar
based
upon
the
'Response
to
#OscarSoWhite',
rather
it
is
the
performances
of
the
black
artists
which
fetched
them
the
Oscar
entry
tickets.
"They're
not
there
because
of
the
colour
of
their
skin.
They
put
in
the
work.
So
the
answer
to
that
is
no," added
Viola
Davis.