[Poincare]

Why should Berry pretend that she wasn't happy to the first black Best Actress?

Imagine if she had had the class to accept her award as if race didn't matter. By dwelling on her race it only raises the specter of preferences. A winner should show humility and praise the also rans.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

Imagine if she had had the class to accept her award as if race didn't matter.

The way Denzel Washington did. Didn't see any movies without hobbits in them, but his acceptance speech had class!

[SarahW]

Oh, cut her some slack, SAlly Field lost it too.

I would have preferred she show some Portier-like dignity, but she's not really a very dignified person.

[LWalk18]

But every question she has been asked by the press before and now after has been about her being the first black Best Actress.

I have heard both regarding the GGs and the Oscars about the number of Aussies being nominated. Several of those nominees mentioned their fellow countrymen. How come see that as "racist" or "bigoted"?