The Academy has ALWAYS been a pack of elitist snobs, denying worthy performances simply because they PERSONALLY don't like someone, while awarding others they DO like for undeserving performances simply because they failed to award them another year. To say nothing of the way they relegate ENTIRE GENRES to an artistic ghetto by denying them consideration for the more prestigious awards (it took ***74 YEARS*** to honor a fantasy film, despite many of the greatest films of all time coming from the genre).
Race has NOTHING to do with it.