I mean, you could sit here and listen to me about the importance of diverse representation on TV…

This is the sort of pressure creators who are people of color, and who write programs about people of color, feel. Black-ish has to be twice as good as Modern Family in order to be mentioned in the same conversation; I can’t even do the math to figure out how good Black-ish has to be to win the Emmy over its white peers. It’s why these shows have to work harder, and it’s why viewers, to a certain extent, have our own responsibilities to them. We have to first show that there is a demand for these programs, then continue to demand that more exist, and then, finally, demand that each one is better than the last.

I mean, you could sit here and listen to me about the importance of diverse representation on TV, or you could go over to Flavorwire and read Pilot Viruet absolutely crush it.