Dustin Hoffman feels there's a systemic racial problem in America that goes beyond the Oscars.
The two-time Oscar winner did not attend Sunday night's ceremony, nor did he watch the broadcast. But he was in the same place as this year's recipient of an Honorary Academy Award who boycotted the show.
"I went to see the Knicks game and saw my friend Spike Lee there all dressed up for the Oscars, but he was at the Knick game," Hoffman told the Associated Press on Wednesday night.
Lee attended the game at Madison Square Garden in New York in a black tuxedo. Comedian Tracy Morgan, who was part of an Oscar's skit, also was at the game
For the second consecutive year, there was a lack of diversity among Oscar nominees with only white actors getting the nod.
"Well, it's always been that way. It's not anything new, like Chris Rock, I heard said, 'Why this year'," responded Hoffman.
During his opening monologue at the Oscars, Rock questioned the controversy, saying: "It's the 88th Academy Awards, which means this whole black, no nominees thing has happened at least 71 other times."
Hoffman was blunt in his response for the reason why it's been that way for so long
Source: [AP]
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