Amala Ekpunobi

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17,226 appearances 116 recordings 4 series first heard Jun 2022 last heard 2d ago

Amala Ekpunobi’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Amala Ekpunobi · White People Won Emmys. Apparently, That’s A Problem. · 16 Sep 2026 podcast

Strategically pick which person of color wins here and where the white person wins and where men win and where women win. podcast-host

That's not how we should be operating. podcast-host

But that is the message that Hollywood has been standing by. podcast-host

For him, it's not enough that there's a diverse room at the Emmys, that there's diverse talent, that there is diverse nominations. podcast-host

No, we have to be actually taking home the awards too. podcast-host

So if everybody's being judged on, I don't know, their actual work. podcast-host

And white actors and performers and creators happen to take home awards on their actual work, that's somehow not okay. podcast-host

Let's watch another TikTok where somebody's talking about this. podcast-host

This says, just watch the Emmys to see not a single black person win with this strong look at the camera. podcast-host

Please, you're not entitled to winning an award because you are black. podcast-host

And it should have never been signaled to you that that was the case. podcast-host

How much more does Hollywood need to do? podcast-host

They're already pushing it in production, in scripting, in the storytelling, in who's on screen and who's behind the screen to go to the Oscars and be nominated as a film. podcast-host

You literally have to meet their diversity standards, which means they are controlling who you tell. podcast-host

Stories about and who's involved in the creation of your film. podcast-host

Now you also want to dictate that you must win awards too? podcast-host

How much further can we go? podcast-host

And there's a couple things that are being devalued here. podcast-host

You're devaluing what it means to be nominated for an Emmy Award if you believe that black people must have a win and that it's just simply not enough to have your work recognized in a nomination. podcast-host

You're also devaluing the award by dictating who must receive. podcast-host

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