Why an Emmy for ‘Master of **ne’ feels like a personal victory for millions
 

Why an Emmy for ‘Master of **ne’ feels like a personal victory for millions
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"There are 17 million Asian Americans in this country," Alan Yang said Sunday night while accepting his Emmy. Yang and Aziz Ansari shared the win for Best Writing in a Comedy ****** (Master of **ne), becoming the first Asian and Indian Americans to do so.*

Yang was unafraid to point out that where an equally sizable ethnic group — Italian Americans — is represented across film and television, the so-called "model mi**rity" is underrepresented and met with damaging stereotypes.

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Looking at Sunday’s Emmy winners is exhilarating, in the same way that it's thrilling to watch any of the **minated shows. It's a joy to watch Ansari's character hang out with an Asian man and a queer woman of color on Master of **ne, to see children with immigrant parents on Fresh Off the Boat and a black-ish family back on primetime.* Read more...

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