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'I'm Still Woke. Are You?': John Leguizamo Takes Out Full-Page Ad Encouraging Emmy Votes for Non-White Actors

By Eric Bolling Staff

Hollywood actor John Leguizamo took out a full-page ad in the New York Times calling for Emmy voters to back non-white candidates in races for the coveted acting trophy.

Leguizamo shared pictures of the ad on X, saying:

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“I know everyone one is exhausted about inclusion but not us who are not included. So that’s why I took this add out in the NYTimes. White peoples are only 58.9% of the population but over represented in top positions across the board. They are the decision makers in tech, banking, corporations, medicine and streamers and Hollywood! America is better when it is inclusive. It is more profitable. It is more creative! Let’s not give up. I’m still woke! Are you?”

“I know you’re tired of hearing words like ‘inclusivity’ and ‘diversity’ – treading water while you try to understand how to put actions behind these sentiments,” Leguizamo wrote in his ad.

“Let this be the start of a new era,” he wrote. “Let us not continue to whitewash our award shows. Instead, let this year be the catalyst that inspires the next generation of minority and underrepresented artists… a generation who might finally see a reflection of themselves on that stage and think… ‘If they can, maybe I can too.’”

More over at The New York Post:

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