Is Hollywood too distracted by lecturing the rest of the country about diversity to insist upon it in their own ranks?
#Emmys it's a damn shame that there are more black people in the White House than there is in the entire … http://t.co/qP3Gou1xCZ
— Damon Wayans (@DamonkWayans) September 23, 2013
This is America and we all contribute to it and that is not reflected in the Emmys RT @taseeveryone: … http://t.co/5EmnmOyAyG
— Damon Wayans (@DamonkWayans) September 23, 2013
Singled out specifically were certain writing staffs:
Interesting…So, not 1 Black writer on staff @JimmyKimmelLive or @ColbertReport, or @Portlandia…??
— David Alan Grier (@davidalangrier) September 23, 2013
No one loves Stewert and Colbert more than me… but each show has 1 woman writer out of 12. Unacceptable
— Nancy Lee Grahn (@NancyLeeGrahn) September 23, 2013
So @emmys intro writing staffs of Colbert/Daily Show/Kimmel and there's not one Asian, Latino or black writer on any of the staffs? Wow.
— Brian Durkin (@BrianCDurkin) September 23, 2013
15 white guys and 1or 2 women MT @scarebaby: @EliseCD I did! 1 woman writer on Colbert? 2 on Stewart? C'mon guys, women R funny too! #Emmys
— Elise Crane Derby (@EliseCD) September 23, 2013
Really? Only one woman writer on the Colbert Report team? Sigh… #Emmys
— Stephanie C.M. (@BFGtweets) September 23, 2013
Ironically, these same groups of writers are occasionally tasked with coming up with funny ways to mock the Right for a perceived lack of diversity.
