Michael B. Jordan And More React To Record Number Of Black Actors Nominated For Emmys

  • Date: 01-Aug-2020
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Michael B. Jordan And More React To Record Number Of Black Actors Nominated For Emmys

PASADENA, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 22: Michael B. Jordan attends the 51st NAACP Image Awards at the ... [+] Pasadena Civic Auditorium on February 22, 2020 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Aaron J. Thornton/FilmMagic)





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BIG BLACK EMMYS ENERGY was the first line of an email I received on June 28th 2020. It was a response in a list-serve started by my acting teacher, actor Andrew Stewart Jones with the subject line "Us. The beautiful Us.“



Started as a safe space for black artist to share, vent and process, following the murder of George Floyd and the subsequent social unrest; the exchange has grown into a beautiful celebration of blackness in its various representations. So it's no wonder that on Tuesday July 28, 2020 the list was buzzing with celebration considering the Television Academy nominated a record number of Black actors for EMMYS“”with a whopping 34.3% of the acting nominees being Black. That's a considerable increase from last year, when Black actors made up 19.8% of the nominee pool.





Along with that single line "Big Black Emmys energy“ there was also a video from actor Michael B. Jordan's Instagram. In the video that has now been viewed over