micdotcom:

Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o just schooled everyone on the Oscars and racial diversity. The caption on her Instagram post made it even better.

I follow her IG and I made the silly mistake of reading the comments and there were so many disgustingly racist things said on her post.

But what annoyed me the most were the “I’m not racist but…” white ppl who said “It is about talent! Not race!”

It will always deeply trouble me how racist many whites are without even consciously realizing it. If your argument is that only whites are talented enough to merit recognition… that’s saying a lot in and of itself.

Also, lots of folks were telling her to shut up and be “grateful” because she won one 2 years ago. Like she should be happy with being a token who was awarded for playing a degraded slave who was repeatedly raped by a white male.

(via beharyonguriop)