As the Emmys reminded us in their opening number, television hasn’t always done the best job of representing American diversity onscreen. In its turn, the Television Academy has done a pretty bad job of recognizing the achievements of actors of color, even in iconic roles. So in an effort to slightly straighten the scales of television justice, Michael Che hosted the Reparation Emmys right in the middle of the Regular Emmys, giving long-overdue trophies to unjustly overlooked actors like Jaleel “Steve Urkel” White:
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