Oscar Blackout

Mo'nique won the Oscar last year for Best Supporting Actress, but when the Oscars kick off next month the list of nominees will look like a Republican Party convention.

One year after an Oscars ceremony that saw Mo'nique's win for her role in Precious and other African-American such as Geoffrey Fletcher, Roger Ross Williams,  Morgan Freeman, Lee Daniels, Gabourey Sidibe and Broderick Johnson either win Oscars or were nominees,  there's an Oscars blackout this year.

Roger Ross Williams became the first African-American to win in the Best Documentary Short Subject category and Geoffrey Fletcher did the same with his win in the Best Writing (adapted screenplay) category.

There were a lot of folks that hated on For Colored Girls including movie critics, but I'm still surprised that Anika Noni Rose, Thandie Newton, or Kimberly Elise didn't even get a bone thrown at them for their performances in the movie.

So when Oscar night happens this year, the only African-Americans that will walking up to the podium this year will do so as presenters.