#SAGNotSoWhite goes viral after this year’s SAG Awards in Los Angeles, California.
As the Oscars failed to nominate a single person of color in major acting categories, the Screen Actors Guild had no trouble awarding non-white actors and casts.
Idris Elba won two Screen Actors Guild Awards in Saturday’s ceremony alongside Queen Latifah, Viola Davis and Uzo Aduba.
SAG’s message was pretty straight forward: There is no shortage of talented diverse actors. Watching the SAG Awards felt like it was a direct response to the #OscarsSoWhite campaign.
“Ladies and gentleman,” Elba said at one point, “welcome to diverse TV.”
According to TheWarap, all members of Oscar voters’ actor branch are in SAG, only a small number of SAG voters are Oscar voters.
The Oscar actors branch is about 1,100 people, but SAG voting membership is around 115,000 people.
@SAGawards congratulations to the actors of #SAGAwards2016, ? a solid bunch that recognizes fellow actors & #SAGnotsowhite is the BEST # ??
— genghis galahad (@genghisgalahad2) January 31, 2016
I turned to the SAG awards 15 minutes ago and so far Idris Elba and Viola Davis have already won. #SAGnotsowhite
— Dawn (@RenewedDawn) January 31, 2016
#SAGnotsowhite I see what they’re tryna do after the Oscar nom shame. Change the industry still
— Rachael (@rae_muk) January 31, 2016
— Scott Feinberg (@ScottFeinberg) December 9, 2015
