The Awards Finally Get it Right

This Sunday the 69th annual Emmy Awards took place and proceeded to blow up social media, while many people dazzled in their expensive gowns it was the showcase of diversity that really had people talking. While people have always tuned into these big award shows, recently they have been getting attention about much bigger issues than just finding out who won. Political, social, and environmental issues have all been address by multiple award winners over the year, and while some people feel it's not their place to speak on these issues I on the other hand think it's great people are using these prestigious platforms to address such hot button topics. It is always good to see people using their fame for good and actually implementing change in the world rather than just blowing a bunch of money on unnecessary things.
While this is still an on going trend with award shows, what was really impressive about last night was the wide variety of diversity from which the awards were going too. Several individuals won in a lot of categories for which they don't typically excel in. For instance Lena Waithe became the first black female to win an Emmy for comedy writing, for her show "Master of None". This was even more groundbreaking because she recently came out on her show, of which she touched on in her speech which really resigned with the LGBQ community. Another ground breaking moment of the night was when Riz Ahmed took home the prestigious award of outstanding lead actor in a limited series for his work in "The Night Of" making him the first Muslim and South Asian man to take home an acting Emmy.
The big winner of the night was for sure Donald Glover who broke records before the night even started with his large amounts of nominations. He became the first African-American to win an Emmy for outstanding directing in a comedy series for his show "Atlanta". He also took home an award for lead actor in a comedy series for the same show. Overall last night was a huge leap forward for mankind, considering a lot of award shows have been rather infamous for white washing the winner's boards. While the world still has a long way to go it is very nice to see that people really are become more accepting of really seeing someone for who they are and what they are capable of rather than just how they appear on the outside. With all the tragic events going on lately in the world my faith in humanity has not been a very good one, but with positive events like other nights Emmy's it gives me a good feeling that there are good people still out there and we can hopefully get people back on the right track of moving forward in life in stead of backwards.