Mo’Kelly has known Regina casually for years, her former husband and I worked together at Interscope Records back in the day.  We have numerous friends in common and she even did Mo’Kelly a solid by allowing me to interview her for The Mo’Kelly Report WAY back in the day.

What is to be most appreciated is that she has always been a vocal advocate for African-American actresses, even when it was considered less than politically correct and dangerous in a career sense to do so.

As a working actress (The Boondocks, Southland) she gains nothing personally by engaging in any type of “controversial” commentary and stands to lose.  Nevertheless, she’s right there speaking from her heart and backing it up with facts and detailed accuracy.

Mo’Kelly loves him some Regina King.  Mo’Kelly has already reached out to Regina’s people in the hopes of having her come into The Mo’Kelly Report once again.

Today, King published a scathing editorial, casting aspersion on Hollywood in general and the Emmys specifically.  Her words can stand on their own.  Below is an excerpt and a link to the full piece.

Since the Emmy ceremony, I have been going back and forth about whether or not I should compose this letter. I try hard in my daily life not to engage in uncomfortable situations regarding race. But sometimes it’s very difficult to find other reasons that better explain why certain events play out the way they do.

It is impossible for me to ignore the published statistics regarding the number of people of color mentioned, celebrated or honored in the history of the televised Emmys. Up to and including this year, there have been only 53 non-white actors nominated for Emmys out of nearly 1,000 possible nominations in the top four acting categories for drama and comedy.

Rutina Wesley

I’ve worked in television nearly all of my professional life, and that statistic is quite sobering to me. And to add injury to my already sensitive nerve endings a picture of Rutina Wesley from True Blood, who attended this year’s Emmys, had a caption that read: “Regina King enters the 62nd Emmys.” No, I wasn’t there. Mistakes happen, right? Well after a few “mistakes” of how people of color are portrayed in the Hollywood media, I decided it was important to say something about how things go down in Hollywood.

THAT’s why Mo’Kelly loves him some Regina King!

FULL STORY HERE

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