Dear Emmys, This Is What Happens When You Nominate 40+ Actors Of Color But Award Only Three

(In a 2018 interview with Vulture, Darren did not identify as Asian-American despite his mother being Filipino, sparking controversy as to whether he should be considered as such.)

The top show awards went to Game of Thrones, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, and The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, all of which have predominantly white leads and casts.

And as producer and host of RuPaul's Drag Race, Rupaul accepted the show's award for Outstanding Reality Competition Series.

A significant number of the Black and Latinx nominees, including Tiffany Haddish, Katt Williams, and Samira Wiley, were nominated for—and actually won—Creative Arts Emmy awards, which are different from the Primetime Emmy Awards. The Creative Artis aired Sept. 15 on FXX and, according to the Emmys website, "recognizes outstanding artistic and technical achievement in a variety of television program genres, guest performances in weekly series, as well as exceptional work in the animation, reality and documentary categories."

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