Chris Rock pulled no punches as he accused white dominated Hollywood of racism during the most eagerly anticipated opening monologue in recent history at the 88th Academy Awards.
Addressing the huge elephant in the room, the acid-tongued comedian, 51, compared Tinseltown to a sorority and called out cops for killing black men as he riffed on the #OscarsSoWhite race row, which overshadowed this years ceremony.




'Is Hollywood racist? ... you're damn right,' said Rock to the audience in the Dolby Theater while he excoriated the film industry for its racial bias on the biggest night in show business.
Indeed, from almost his very first words to his last, Rock brutalized Hollywood for the lack of diversity, with the host finishing the entire ceremony by saying 'Black Lives Matter'.

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Telling it like it is: Chris Rock tackled the #OscarsSoWhite controversy head on and did not shy away from the race row which dominated the run up to the Oscars
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Telling it like it is: Chris Rock tackled the #OscarsSoWhite controversy head on and did not shy away from the race row which dominated the run up to the Oscars. He took no prisoners during his scathing monologue as the comedian opened the 88th Academy Awards in LA on Sunday 








All eyes on Chris: The comedian tore into white dominated Hollywood - but also put this years race controversy into a historical perspective by referencing the Civil Rights struggle of the 1960s




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All eyes on Chris: The comedian tore into white dominated Hollywood - but also put this years race controversy into a historical perspective by referencing the Civil Rights struggle of the 1960s