"Where were the black actors?"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Samuel Jackson RIPS Oscars -- No Black Men!?

3/1/2011 4:20 PM PST by TMZ Staff



http://www.tmz.com/2011/03/01/sam-jackson-oscars-academy-awards-black-actors-mistake/

Another HARSH criticism of the Academy Awards ... this time from Samuel L. Jackson . .. who's pretty damn upset that there weren't more black actors involved in the show.

Jackson was in L.A. yesterday, where he told a photog, "Where were the black actors?"

He continued, "I guess they didn't think we were available to read teleprompters that night ... not a big deal, hopefully it'll get better ... it wont happen again."

Jackson added, "We work in town ... they know who we are, they know we're available to be on that show to represent the people of color who are in the business in town."

[Mike Nelson]

1. Uh oooo...

Did he just offend Ophra Winfrey?

[thelordofhell]

2. I think Samuel L. Jackson would be a good Oscar host

He would have been better than James Franco

[Geoff R. Casavant]

3. Well, heck, that's faint praise :-)

My dog leaves tightly coiled piles of "better than James Franco" on the lawn.

But a Samuel L. Jackson hosting gig would be worth watching.

[mackerel]

4. He should think of it as a blessing and not a curse to

not have been associated with that snorefest.

[Auggie]

5. I wondered the same thing

The men were particularly absent