2017 has been an unusually diverse for the Oscars, but some are wondering if it will last. Others argue there's much more work to do. Variety's Brent Lang and Mannie Holmes about the long road ahead for Hollywood. And that's just it—it's not just an Oscars problem, it's a Hollywood problem.

Yet despite the optimism, Hollywood has an enormous amount of ground to make up and work to do to bring creative and financial equality and inclusion to what remains a white male-dominated business.

“I don’t think there should be praise [for the number of minority nominees]; I think there should be an understanding that this should have happened and that this should have been happening for many years,” says Aldis Hodge, an actor who has appeared in “Hidden Figures” and “Straight Outta Compton.” “I don’t want to sound negative, but this is something that — in terms of recognition — this should be a normalcy. Inclusion should always be a normalcy because the contributions do not come in one color in the industry.”

Bustle's Olivia Truffaut-Wong wrote an in-depth analysis of the Oscars' history of diversity issues. It's still a rarity for actors and filmmakers to win Oscars, let alone be nominated. And after one good year in diverse nominations, diversity isn't the Oscars' norm yet.

In 2017, it can be easy to assume that diverse acting nominees translate to an increasingly diverse Hollywood, but it's important to remember that it takes more than a few nominations, or even an Oscar win, to truly change the racial landscape of Hollywood.

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