this is totally unscientific but i love percentages (basic ones; i am awful at percentages in general when we are talking algebraically - information absolutely irrelevant to this post):
- 84 total best actor academy awards given (including ties and repeat winners)
- 84 total best actress academy awards given (including ties and repeat winners)
- 75 total best supporting actor academy awards given
- 75 total best supporting actress academy awards given
- giving us a total 318 awards
- of which, if there are 5 total black best actor/actress award winners
- 4 latino best actor/actress award winners
- and 4 asian best actor/actress award winners
- that gives us a total of 13 best actor/actress award winners of color (barring any that i have not been informed about, which is v. possible)
- giving us, ladies and gentlemen and trolls
- a proportion ofÂ
- (drum roll, please)
- 4.088%!