When the 2015 Academy Award nominations were announced last month, the lack of diversity among the nominees was glaring — it even resulted in the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite trending on Twitter.
And after snapping this poorly lit photo during an annual luncheon honoring all of this year's Oscar nominees, host Neil Patrick Harris took the opportunity to...highlight the issue:
Nope. Not too soon. Thank you, NPH.
Watch the 87th Academy Awards, hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, Feb. 22 on ABC.