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Emmy vs "Islamophobia"


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2017 Sep 18, 6:36pm   1,642 views  0 comments

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"Actor Riz Ahmed became the first-ever Muslim actor to win an acting Emmy on Sunday (17Sep17) night.

The London-born actor, who is of British-Pakistani origin, beat Benedict Cumberbatch, Robert De Niro, Ewan McGregor, Geoffrey Rush and his The Night Of co-star John Turturro to take home the award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series for his star turn as college student Nasir ‘Naz’ Khan in the HBO show.
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"I want to say it is always strange reaping the rewards of a story that’s based on real world suffering, but if this show has shown a light on some of the prejudice in our societies, Islamophobia, some of the injustice in our justice system, then maybe that is something,” Riz said on stage at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
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The actor has been outspoken on the lack of diversity in the entertainment industry, and in March he gave a speech as part of TV network Channel 4’s Annual Diversity Lecture criticising the lack of fair representation of minority groups in the entertainment industry.

Last year, comic actor Aziz Ansari became the first South-Asian person nominated for an acting Emmy.

This year he won the Emmy for Best Comedy Writing for Netflix show Master of None, which he shared with co-writer Lena Waithe."

Lack of diversity, indeed. I wonder how many gay couples are on TV in Muslim countries? The only ones I've seen are always getting flung off rooftops and stoned to death, same old script over and over again.
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