Months from now, it’s likely that most people will not remember what film won Best Picture, or which of the 20 white actors held Oscar trophies at the 88th Academy Awards on Sunday night.
But years from now, Chris Rock’s monologue addressing #OscarsSoWhite will continue to be legend.
Wearing—quite pointedly—a white tuxedo jacket, Rock did what so many of us were waiting for him to do: He put a cultural conversation born out of embarrassing institutional racism into painful perspective. He shocked, prodded, and made those responsible for those failings wholly uncomfortable.
He made a point, dared us to laugh, and shamed a few people. He angered a lot more, arguing that calls for a boycott were ridiculous and scandalizing with stories about our country’s racial history.
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