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Critic's Notebook: The Limits of 2020's Emmy Inclusivity

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There was much to celebrate about the diversity of the 2020 Emmy nominations when they were announced earlier this week — and much to be frustrated by.

After a spring and summer marked by protests against police violence and headlines about the coronavirus — both of which have disproportionately impacted Black individuals and communities — the TV Academy seemed to pay greater attention to the prodigious and varied contributions of Black artists to the medium.

A Los Angeles Times analysis found, encouragingly, that 33 percent of this year's acting nominees are Black (a 14 percent jump from the previous five years).

But the same article noted that Latino representation among the Emmys remains "abysmal," with zero actors nominated this year —.

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