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It's Now Possible: Performers Of Color Could Win All Four Acting Oscars

With wins for Youn Yuh-jung as Best Supporting Actress, and Daniel Kaluuya for Best Supporting Actor, there is a real possibility that performers of color will sweep all four Oscars for acting.
Youn Yuh-jung plays a Korean grandmother in <em>Minari </em>and Daniel Kaluuya plays Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton in <em>Judas and the Black Messiah.</em>

Forget #OscarsSoWhite for 2021. With wins for Youn Yuh-jung as Best Supporting Actress, and , there is a real possibility that performers of color will sweep all four of this year's Oscars for acting.

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