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For any copyright, please send me a message. In the very recent past, the so-called Golden Age of television was centered squarely on white, male anti-heroes—Tony Soprano, Walter White, Don Draper, and company, who had Emmys showered upon them, the real men who created them, and the fictional women who supported them. But as Peak TV only expands, more voices than ever are getting a chance to tell their stories. At Sunday night’s Emmy Awards, the results of this much more complicated TV landscape were on display with a handful of history-making wins, impassioned political speeches, and a celebration of the widest range of characters television has ever seen. When They See Us star Jharrel Jerome and Pose standout Billy Porter both made Emmy history in their respective categories; Jerome is the first Afro-Latino person to win an acting Emmy, and Porter is the first openly gay actor of color to win for best actor in a drama. Porter made a full meal of his moment—and why wouldn’t he?—declaring that the category he won was “Love!” The actor went on to quote James Baldwin on the subject of self-acceptance and belonging: “It took many years of vomiting up all the filth I’d been taught about myself, and half-believed, before I was able to walk on the earth as though I had a right to be here.” Backstage, Porter got even more emotional, tearing up as he said, “Visibility and representation are the only things that create change.” After using his moment onstage to urge viewers to vote, RuPaul underlined the importance of a show like RuPaul’s Drag Race, which won the best reality competition series for the fourth time. “It’s the least we could do with our show,“ he said. “The show is about freedom of expression, love, colors, music, and movement.” Backstage, a reporter challenged RuPaul on the diversity of his show’s staff, and he retorted, “First of all, the host of our show is black, gay, and a drag queen. So check, check, and check. But we’re pretty diverse. Yes there are lots of different types of people here. It wasn’t easy getting here. You know what I had to do.” Meanwhile Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage, still the only actor on the show to win an Emmy, paused in his acceptance speech to declare himself “fortunate” to be a member “of a community that is nothing but all about tolerance and diversity.” But Patricia Arquette, a double nominee who won for her work in The Act, made the case that there’s even more to be done. In honor of her sister Alexis Arquette who died from complications from HIV in 2016, Arquette used the bulk of her speech to advocate for trans rights: “Trans people are still being persecuted,” she said. “Give them jobs.” Like virtually every other major awards shows, the Emmys featured mostly white
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