When I heard about this mistake I was wondering why people were overreacting to a mistake. Now I see this article and find out they didn't clarify their mistake until after the La La Land team started their acceptance speech.
Before I didn't think Beatty was at fault for being confused about the situation but this took way too long to get resolved. It never should've gotten that far in the first place.
As for the article it feels like an over reach to point out that the mistake of giving the wrong card is a strong enough indicator of
The carelessness and haphazardness ... of how institutional racism continues to work, even after people of color have overcome a significant barrier.
It took too long to correct the issue but you can't make any strong inferences by the length of time to correct the issue as somethng born out of the way institutional racism works.
OTOH their comment about Kimmel's reaction is on point.
Who the fuck says
”I think you guys should keep it anyway."
Kimmel has always been a douche and
his statement reveals a lack of consideration that the Moonlight team are the actual winners. When mistakes like this are made the reaction has always been a variation of "our bad it wasn't you but you did great work and are still deserving of some recognition but this is their reward."
Kimmel could only empathize with the La La Land team but not the Moonlight team and that's a clearer sign of racism at play here, subconsciously or consciously.