Tension was already as thick as your mother’s cornbread when the Oscars aired Sunday evening. The issue of diversity hovered like a dark cloud above Los Angeles. And yet even with this on everyone’s mind, someone online still managed to prove our point: diversity is necessary.
This beauty company wrongfully identified Whoopi Goldberg for Oprah Winfrey.
I guess Total Beauty thought that everyone that was in The Color Purple looked all alike! pic.twitter.com/6pD9o9S7L1
— Reneé J. Larson (@iamreneejai) February 29, 2016
Fortunately this act of stupidity was countered by a string of tweets from @KidFury wrongly naming white actors.
*gasp* Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert back together again?! #Oscars2016 pic.twitter.com/1RJBKbHPoW
— Saint Pest (@KidFury) February 29, 2016
Oh, Adele! Not sure about this dress, but hello from the other side. #Oscars2016 pic.twitter.com/RBUI2fIHeG
— Saint Pest (@KidFury) February 29, 2016
James Franco and Ben Affleck sharing a couple of pre-show laughs. #Oscars2016 pic.twitter.com/xDawfgboDZ
— Saint Pest (@KidFury) February 29, 2016
Helen Mirren in all white. #Oscars2016 pic.twitter.com/n2K7EI5qfR
— Saint Pest (@KidFury) February 29, 2016
Ellen Page is looking amazing tonight! Great bowtie. #Oscars2016 pic.twitter.com/WVWnd4bSFJ
— Saint Pest (@KidFury) February 29, 2016
Fury made sure however to accurately name actors of color with pride.
Priyanka Chopra is absolute perfection. #Oscars2016 pic.twitter.com/kKqAZjNMJN
— Saint Pest (@KidFury) February 29, 2016
Kerry Washington, ladies and gentlemen. pic.twitter.com/tj0KLYx0TW
— Saint Pest (@KidFury) February 29, 2016
The offender deleted the tweet and apologized, but the damage was done. Even @BlavityLive joined in on the fun.
We had no idea Jason Biggs and Emma Stone were a couple, and we love it. #Oscars pic.twitter.com/82blQXQRFb
— Live Tweeting (@BlavityLive) February 29, 2016
