Viola Davis wins Emmy, brings back spirit of Harriet Tubman

Summary: Viola Davis won an Emmy on Sunday for playing law professor Annalise Keating on ABC’s “How to Get Away with Murder“. In her acceptance speech, Davis quoted Harriet Tubman and spoke to the importance of diversity in Hollywood. In response to another user, Grahn also said she wished Davis had “brought every woman in the picture” instead of focusing on women of color.

General Hospital actress Nancy Lee Grahn took to Twitter to #DamonSplain to Viola about her speech.

The went on for a few more tweets that have already been deleted, although Variety cited her to have said, “Im a f-ing actress for 40 yrs. None of us get respect or opportunity we deserve”. The 50-year-old, two-time Oscar nominee, took the opportunity to make a statement about racial inequality in Hollywood and to thank the people who helped get her into a leading role, US Weekly noted. Later, she wrote, “I think she’s the bees knees but she’s elite of TV performers”. “Brilliant as she is”.

“I never mean to diminish her accomplishment. But I can’t seem to get there no how.’ That was Harriet Tubman in the 1800s”, she said.

I love listening to her speak. I’m a women advocate since I became one.

Davis added, “Yeah, it feels fantastic, but my husband and I started a production company …”

Viola Davis was all smiling when she graced the red carpet of Emmys 2015 with husband, Julius Tennon and did not see this history coming.

Soap star Nancy Lee Grahn has apologized for criticizing Viola Davis’ moving Emmy Awards acceptance speech after alleging the actress “has never” experienced discrimination.

Grahn was unimpressed. And now she’s very apologetic for her comments, but not because she agreed that they were a little on the racist side, but because she was misunderstood.

Sometimes you’re better off keeping those tweets right in your head, and not even spending the time to type out 140 characters that will end up embarrassing you in the end.

Davis’ speech influenced a scope of people wider than just African American women.