Lena Waithe is first Black woman nominated for a comedy writing Emmy

Waithe was nominated for the “Thanksgiving” episode of Master of None, which she said surprised her when it received such praise from several different corners.

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Last month, the Emmy nominations were announced, and among them was Lena Waithe, the first Black woman to be nominated in the comedy writing category.

Waithe was nominated for the “Thanksgiving” episode of Master of None, which she said surprised her when it received such praise from several different corners.

“Aziz, to his credit, said ‘I can’t tell your story.’ And I’m really grateful to him,” she said.

“It’s the blackest piece of television,” she added. “It’s very black, it’s very female, it’s very gay.”

“When a straight white guy says ‘Thanksgiving is my favorite episode,’ that’s when art is doing its job.”

The nomination also surprised her, especially its historic significance.

“I didn’t know I was the first Black woman,” Waithe told reporters at a GLAAD panel during the Television Critics Association press tour.

 

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