The Emmys Award Show had a bit of a controversy happen following the 2021 event. Despite there being a record-setting number of non-white nominees, with 44 percent of the nominees being minorities, every award given for the night went to a white celebrity.

This fact was not lost on social media, who before the event even started was counting up the nominees and winners to see if something similar to Oscars So White would happen with the Emmys. As the awards rolled out, the hashtag #EmmysSoWhite rapidly began trending on Twitter.

50% of tonight's nominees were people of color and Television Academy voters pretty much chose all the white people #EmmysSoWhite #Emmys pic.twitter.com/oTtx1TSxvc

— Brandi Brands (@BBrands26) September 20, 2021

Black host, Black entertainment skits, Black announcer, Black commercials, Black musical breaks, speeches about inclusion.

All Black everything but winners.#Emmys #Emmys2021 #EmmyAwards #EmmysSoWhite pic.twitter.com/8Ih5ZngXhp

— Dana (Store Name) #AmplyBlackVoices Im @ The #TCA (@sagesurge) September 20, 2021

the Emmys is like that tv show you're still watching just in case it finally does something different

but every year it proves you wrong and does its same old thing again. and again. and again. #EmmysSoWhite

— Ashley Lee (@cashleelee) September 20, 2021

#Emmys recap: a bunch of white people won for a bunch of white shows I've never seen. #EmmysSoWhite pic.twitter.com/QwBmg6zJ64

— jeromanoff⧗ (@jeromanoff) September 20, 2021

There were plenty of people who were trying to make a case for things, with the most singled out topic being The Crown, a British show that had multiple award winners. It seemed a connection was attempting to be made between the British TV sector and the small amount of non-white winners, as well as the impact award shows have when they only give awards to the same type of things year after year.

They really dragged Indigenous actors on the stage to give an award to The Queen's Gambit.#Emmys #Emmys2021 #EmmyAwards #EmmysSoWhite pic.twitter.com/iX3cKuWnl8

— Dana (Store Name) #AmplyBlackVoices Im @ The #TCA (@sagesurge) September 20, 2021

White people winning the majority of awards for writing stories about white people that have already been told, generation after generation…..while original stories of POCs are overlooked….is the most #EmmysSoWhite thing ever

— The Black Victim (@fondzilla) September 20, 2021

Beginning to think that Emmy voters just watched The Crown and nothing else. The BRIT Awards would NEVER give 5 major awards in a row to Americans. #Emmys #EmmysSoWhite pic.twitter.com/cTWrFxQVDw

— mjohnso27 (@mjohnso27) September 20, 2021

Black host, Black announcer hell even Black music. We doing everything but win. #EmmysSoWhite#Emmys pic.twitter.com/fkGDhANUj2

— _Alexandria “AstroPetty” (@DOPECHICKBEATS) September 20, 2021