Things are getting more and more awkward — and we’ve still got six weeks before the Academy Awards. But discomfort’s to be expected in an industry that taps a successful African American actor, comic and producer to host its most important awards show — and then seems to forget people of color when it comes to actually handing out the honors. And now, with Oscar’s truly mortifying penchant for ignoring the achievements of nonwhite members of its own industry becoming a lightning rod controversy this year, Rock now finds himself a central figure in a debate over how to respond.