Lupiita Nyong'o joins blacks in criticizing the Oscar

Kenyan actress, Lupita Nyong'o, who won an Oscar in 2014 for Best Supporting Actress for saying a few lines in her very first movie (12 Years A Slave) is joining the few black actors who are criticizing the Academy this year for being 'so white'. Check out what she wrote:


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