kevin fraser? >> i believe that mr. fraser communicated with your office, and i believe there is an e-mail on your desk. >> chairwoman: oh, i'm sorry. thank you. thank you very much. do you want to speak before public comment? okay. supervisor mar. >> thank you, chair ronan. i wanted to briefly acknowledge and thank win manki and connie forward. i've had the great pleasure of working with both of you very closely on these issues. before my role at jobs of justice, and now on the board of supervisors over the past year. i think the two of you are the most qualified people that i can think of to fill this seat, the student seat, and the sort of general public seat on the oversight committee. the two of you really are among the most -- have demonstrated the most deep commitment to city college, and just capability in really organizing around the complicated issues to strengthen and support city college here, from the campaign to originally create the free city program in 2016, to over the past year in the complicated, but

kevin fraser? >> i believe that mr. fraser communicated with your office, and i believe there is an e-mail on your desk. >> chairwoman: oh, i'm sorry. thank you. thank you very much. do you want to speak before public comment? okay. supervisor mar. >> thank you, chair ronan. i wanted to briefly acknowledge and thank win manki and connie forward. i've had the great pleasure of working with both of you very closely on these issues. before my role at jobs of justice, and now on the board of supervisors over the past year. i think the two of you are the most qualified people that i can think of to fill this seat, the student seat, and the sort of general public seat on the oversight committee. the two of you really are among the most -- have demonstrated the most deep commitment to city college, and just capability in really organizing around the complicated issues to strengthen and support city college here, from the campaign to originally create the free city program in 2016, to over the past year in the complicated, but

"entertainment tonight" host kevin fraser joins us with more. kevin, really good to see you. academy take steps to make this a little less likely a couple of years ago? >> reporter: they sure did. after the original controversy that led to oscars so white in 2015 the academy added more diverse members in each and every year, we've seen a group of nominees that have been more diverse. many say this year's nods are a disappointing step backwards. joaquin phoenix's deranged joker leads with 11 nods. it's the films and actors that were snubbed that many are calling the real headline. >> i made up my mind. i'm going back. >> reporter: "hair yet's" cynthia arivo was the only person of color nominated in the acting categories. some say several strong performances by people of color were overlooked. >> enfejennifer lopez, lupita nyong'o. any of the korean actors from "parasi "parasite." >> this year does feel like a return in a lot of times to a white male nostalgia. >> reporter: criticism lit up social media monday. many reusing the phrase "oscars so white" which attorney april rain

kevin fraser? >> i believe that mr. fraser communicated with your office, and i believe there is an e-mail on your desk. >> chairwoman: oh, i'm sorry. thank you. thank you very much. do you want to speak before public comment? okay. supervisor mar. >> thank you, rocan. i wanted to briefly acknowledge and thank win manki and connie forward. i've had the great pleasure of working with both of you very closely on these issues. before my role at jobs of justice, and now on the board of supervisors over the past year. i think the two of you are the most qualified people that i can think of to fill this seat, the student seat, and the sort of general public seat on the oversight committee. the two of you really are among the most -- have demonstrated the most deep commitment to city college, and just capability in really organizing around the complicated issues to strengthen and support city college here, from the campaign to originally create the free city program in 2016, to over the past year in the complicated, but ultima