{"id":85,"date":"2013-09-23T16:33:45","date_gmt":"2013-09-23T20:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/?p=85"},"modified":"2013-09-23T16:33:45","modified_gmt":"2013-09-23T20:33:45","slug":"the-emmys-and-potato-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/?p=85","title":{"rendered":"Why The EMMYs Are Like Potato Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.creative-cache.biz\/donnadrewsawyer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/istock_000013418737xsmall-potato-salad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.creative-cache.biz\/donnadrewsawyer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/istock_000013418737xsmall-potato-salad.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"Potato salad\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-86\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/istock_000013418737xsmall-potato-salad.jpg 425w, https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/istock_000013418737xsmall-potato-salad-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last night\u2019s EMMYs reminded me of the way my mother used to make potato salad. All the ingredients &#8211; potatoes, mayo and onion &#8211; were white so before she served it, she would sprinkle on a little paprika or add some parsley then serve it in a colorful bowl. \u00a0None of the garnishes added anything to the flavor of the salad; it was just there for appearance. That\u2019s what watching the EMMYs was like last night \u2013 all white with a little Don Cheadle, Kerry Washington and Diane Carroll sprinkled on for color. The commercials were more diverse that the audience, the presenters or the shows nominated.<\/p>\n<p>How is it that in 2013 the television industry has managed to remain potato salad white when there are so many talented actors of color \u2013 all colors \u2013 and stories about America\u2019s diverse culture available to add spice to the current bland buffet? \u00a0Throw in some purple or red skin potatoes and yams; season it up with Asian five spice, black pepper, mustard, hot sauce, and a little garam masala. Serve it up in colorful bowl. Even my mother knew that the more colorful the dish, the more we\u2019d enjoy it. In television terms, increase the relevance, and possibly increase the audience. Is it any wonder that television viewing numbers are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketingcharts.com\/wp\/television\/are-young-people-watching-less-tv-24817\/\">dropping in all demos year-over-year<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t identify with an America that doesn\u2019t look like America; if television isn\u2019t even remotely broadcasting my reality then I\u2019m probably not going to watch. That\u2019s why I turned off the EMMYs in disgust last night. Sadly or stupidly I can\u2019t tell which, last night\u2019s EMMY broadcast proved that 50 years later in TV Land, Martin Luther King\u2019s dream is still just a dream.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night\u2019s EMMYs reminded me of the way my mother used to make potato salad. All the ingredients &#8211; potatoes, mayo and onion &#8211; were white so before she served it, she would sprinkle on a little paprika or add some parsley then serve it in a colorful bowl. \u00a0None of the garnishes added anything [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[34,50,96],"class_list":["post-85","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diversity","tag-awards","tag-emmys","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/donnadrewsawyer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}