Amala Ekpunobi
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first heard Jun 2022
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Today we're talking about the Emmys and we're talking about race because Hollywood so often has to bring up the topic of race.
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Now, I'm gonna read you this out of the Washington Post.
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It says none of the 12 actors who took home major awards at last night's Emmys were people of color, renewing discussion about diversity in Hollywood and reminding some viewers of the 2021 ceremony, which resulted in the viral hashtag Emmys so white.
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Hashtag okay.
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It's ridiculous.
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All we're doing all day is looking around and judging people based off of their race, and the Emmys is no exception to that.
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It has been no exception to that.
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And because of diversity, equity, inclusion, and its heavy push within Hollywood, we're back to this conversation once again as 12 actors taking home awards happen to not be people of color.
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This is ridiculous, but we're gonna talk about why this is happening in just a moment.
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First, let's watch a video.
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of Don Lemon complaining about this phenomenon taking place at the Emmys.
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I have to like kind of point out the subtle irony of him not knowing how to pronounce Io Adabery's name.
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So do you really care about the black actors, actresses, and the people of color when you're just like reading their names off a list?
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You let me know, Dawn.
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It's never enough for these individuals.
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That's what we're really getting to the heart of here.
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Now, notice he does mention a person of color who did take home an Emmy award, and he goes, you know what?
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Yeah, that's great.
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You know, give him his flowers.
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He very much brushes it off as though he doesn't even care that a person of color has actually taken home an award.
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