Why an Emmy for ‘Master of **ne’ feels like a personal victory for millions
"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.
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...
09-19-2016, 11:11 PM
Why an Emmy for ‘Master of **ne’ feels like a personal victory for millions
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