The Primetime Emmy Awards are meant to celebrate the best television has to offer, but this year’s winners have left some netizens questioning whether the winners’ list truly reflects that.
After familiar names dominated the event and a handful of shows swept multiple categories, frustrated TV fans called out what they see as an increasingly predictable pattern of people of color getting snubbed.
After all 12 major acting awards went to White performers, the “#EmmysSoWhite” hashtag trended on social media, echoing similar outrage from the event’s 2021 edition.