Michaela Coel became the first Black woman to win outstanding writing in a limited series at the Emmys last night for IMayDestroyYou — a win for a show that she dedicated 'every single survivor of sexual assault'
host Cedric the Entertainer joked near the top of the show. “My people, they expect that I can just give an award to anybody. Black people like, ‘Yo Ced, come on man, you gotta give Martin Lawrence an Emmy. And not just Martin, Ced, you gotta give Sheneneh one too.’
“Jimmy Kimmel don’t have that problem. He don’t have to give no award to Tony Danza,” the comedian continued. Clearly it was just a joke, because very few Black people — or people of color in general — won at the 73rd Primetime Emmy
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