泰勒·佩里的艾美奖演讲有一个强有力的信息:“我们都是缝制自己的被子”

在艾美奖在周日晚上泰勒·佩里收到了梦寐以求的州长奖,塑造电视和承认他的贡献他对人道主义的努力。在他的获奖感言,佩里讲述他的祖母天才他被子的时候,用它来比喻自己的历史。“我认为她的工作和她的故事,因为它不像我认为它应该,”他回忆道。他的解雇他的祖母的被子镜子好莱坞的佩里的最初的观点,所引用的克里斯·洛克的笑话在他介绍,“当然,好莱坞张开双臂欢迎一个独立的黑人。好莱坞看到他作为时尚。”

佩里继续说道,“现在我们是否知道与否,我们都是缝制自己的被子,与我们的思想和我们的行为,我们的经验,和我们的记忆。”He then took a moment to talk about a memory within his own quilt, ending with his mother saying he should never wait by a door waiting for white folks to do nothing for him. "She couldn't imagine a world where her son was not waiting by the door for someone. In my mother's quilt she couldn't imagine owning land that was once a Confederate army base . . . and now, on that very land, Black people, white people, gay, straight, lesbian, transgender, ex-cons, Latin, Asian, all of us come together, working . . . Diversity at its best," Perry added. You can watch his full speech above, complete with an introduction from Chris Rock and Oprah Winfrey.