Tuesday, January 10, 2017

'This Is for the Colorful People': Diversity Triumphs at the 2017 Golden Globes

When Tracee Ellis Ross accepted her Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Television Series (Musical or Comedy) — the first black actress to win the category in 35 years — she did so on behalf of those who had been slighted by her industry. "This is for all the women, women of color, and colorful people, whose stories, ideas, thoughts, are not always considered worthy and valid and important," she said. "I want you to know that I see you. We see you."

Ross said it was an honor to "continue expanding the way we are seen and known, and to show the magic and the beauty and the sameness of a story and stories that are outside of where the industry usually looks." 

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