Viola Davis once said “The only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity”. When it comes to crowning the winner of awards such as the Oscars, Emmys, etc, people are aware of the unfair winners. In the past years hashtags such as “OscarSsoWhite” were trending on the internet. This specific “hashtag” brings awareness to the fact that the nominations for the Oscars were predominately white, and that was when I saw the impact of the media.
Addressing Viola Davis’s quote, it was said when she won Lead Actress in a Drama series in the 2015 edition of the Emmys, being the first African-American to ever win that category. I remember vividly when she hugged Taraji P. Henson before going to the stage to accept her award,
