Aubrey Plaza Calling Out The Oscars' Lack of Latina Nominees Highlights Its Diversity Imbalance

The under-representation of minorities being recognized at the Oscars has been as issue for decades, but it doesn't seem to be getting much better. Aubrey Plaza noticed the slow progress and rightfully called out the Academy Awards for its lack of Latina nominees.

The actress, who is half-Puerto Rican, was one of the honorees at last week's 21st Annual Impact Awards where she accepted the award for for outstanding performance in a motion picture for her role in Ingrid Goes West. And in her signature sarcastic tone, Plaza used her speech to point out the Oscars' flaws. “I’m going to accept the leading best actress award on behalf of the Oscars ceremony because I heard a fun fact tonight that I never knew before, which is that no Latina actress has ever won best actress at the Oscars,” Plaza said. “Ever. So I’m going to accept that tonight to manifest that energy.”