Be it real, coincidental or ‘imagined’ (in essence) it’s being shown more than ever said aloud (or copped to).
For the second year in a row , the Oscars / Academy is making it abundantly clear that while you can rock out on Twitter with your hashtag histrionics and heaves of the yearly #BlackGirlsRock, and the daily #BlackGirlMagic and #BlackLivesMatter; when it comes down to the grass roots of what Tinseltown was founded on, #Black can rock, be magic and matter all you want—on Twitter 
only.
Although the male Susan Lucci of movies (Leonardo DiCaprio) was (surprisingly-for the first time in his acting career) granted a nod and is probably clicking his heels and riding high right about now, (in addition to Johnny Depp (for Black Mass) other fine (#black) actors (e.g Will Smith Concussion, Idris Elba Beasts of No Nation, and Samuel L. Jackson The Hateful Eight, Michael B. Jordan Creed, and the entire actor roster for the high-grossing Straight Outta Compton) all put out/had Oscar worthy projects last year but were snubbed BIG TIME.
On Thursday (January 14) the collective snub prompted a Twitter hashtag #OscarsSoWhite in which fans, and the world of social media held no punches when expressing their frustration in every way from humor to heat.
Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, a woman of color herself, noted (about the second year minority snub fest):
“I hope this isn’t discouraging for anybody, and for filmmakers in particular,” she said at the nominations announcement. “You just keep
