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Issa Rae Recalls When a Non-Black TV Executive Tried to Tell Her What Black Audiences Like

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In a taped segment for last night's 72nd annual Emmy Awards ceremony, Insecure creator and star Issa Rae recalled a non-Black producer's remarks that had her "fuming" during her first Hollywood TV pitch meeting."My first Hollywood pitch was kind of unofficial," she began. "Basically, I had this web series.

It was the third web series I had ever made. The executive was like, 'Yes, I saw your show. Funny stuff, funny stuff.' And I was like, 'Um, thank You.' And he's like, 'Yeah, it's about this Black woman and her Black woman problems.

Hilarious.' And I was like, 'That's not what it's about, but okay.'"After that not-so-charming introduction, Rae detailed further transgressions.

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