Emmy voters officially joined America’s ongoing conversation about racism on Thursday by acknowledging “black-ish” — an ABC comedy that has sought to tackle hot-button issues with humor and heart, without sacrificing laughs in the process.
“I think people respect the authenticity which we have for ourselves and the truthfulness in the way we tell our stories,” Anthony Anderson, star of “black-ish,” tells CNN. “I think that resonates with them and that’s what they respond to. They responded to it by giving us this nomination.”
One of the season’s most compelling episodes, entitled “Hope,” saw the Johnson family inside their living room for a night of tough TV and tougher discussions as they waited to see whether a police officer would face charges for the assault of a black man.
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