Jimmy Kimmel Should've Never Made These 2 Insensitive Jokes at the Oscars

Jimmy Kimmel offered up a boatload of good-humored jokes during his Oscars hosting stint, from roasting Matt Damon to calling out Donald Trump. But many viewers noticed two instances in which Kimmel showed extreme insensitivity toward people of color at the show, and the internet is not pleased.

The first of these came when Mahershala Ali won the award for best supporting actor for his role in Moonlight, making him the first Muslim actor to win an Oscar. Ali gave a touching acceptance speech in which he gave a cute shout-out to his wife, who gave birth to their new baby a few days prior to the show.

Kimmel responded to Ali's momentous win by taking an insensitive jab at the actor's name, noting that it must have been hard to pick a "normal" name for their daughter considering that his name is Mahershala. "You can't name her Amy," Kimmel joked.

Twitter users everywhere quickly responded to Kimmel's poor joke, totally calling him out for the slip-up.

oh that is a cool racist joke about Mahershala Ali's name. Fun fun way to shit on one of the best moments of his life. #Oscars

— Angie Manfredi (@misskubelik) February 27, 2017

You receive the greatest honor of your career and immediately after a white man reminds you that you are different. What fuckery.

— roxane gay (@rgay) February 27, 2017

Jimmy Kimmel thinks Mahershala is a weird name? Jimmy Kimmel sounds like dog treats.

— Cari Nation (@cari_nation) February 27, 2017

i hate when white people act like PoC have strange names but they name their children shit like tigerlily and pineapple gingersnap

— T NASTY (@XOtesfaye) February 27, 2017

But it didn't stop there. The Oscars host brought a group of supposed tourists into the theater for quite the interesting skit. Among the group of lucky people was an Asian woman who said her name is Yulree and explained that "it rhymes with jewelry" when she noticed Kimmel's confused look. When the man next to her said his name is Patrick, Kimmel joked, "Now that's a name."

See the clip below for a peek at the moment (around the 4:00 mark).

Yet again, the internet responded to how Kimmel made another jab at a person of color simply because their name wasn't "normal" to him.

why do hosts of award shows make fun of poc names? what is there to make fun of when said host has the most common white name in the usa

— liv (@SUBURBANY0UTH) February 27, 2017

So we not gon talk about how trash @jimmykimmel is for making fun of that Asian woman's name? That was beyond disrespectful

— not slim, just shady (@queen_0tf) February 27, 2017

The fact that white people can't be bothered to learn the names of POC is so insulting and not at all funny #Oscars

— Katie J. Collier (@katiecollier) February 27, 2017