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Aziz became first Indian American person to get Emmy nomination

Aziz Ansari has made history as he has become the first Indian-American actor to land a lead comedy-acting Emmy nomination for his series "Master of None".

•    Mr Ansari is also just the fifth person of South Asian descent to be nominated in an acting category.
•    Mr Ansari, who is also nominated for writing and directing "Master of None", co-created the Netflix comedy with Alan Yang.
•    Aziz Ansari and Yang are currently busy writing season 2 of "Master of None"
•    The 33-year-old actor plays Dev, an actor trying to make it in New York. "Master of None", which is up for best comedy, crystallized diversity challenges in Hollywood in the show's fourth episode, titled "Indians" on TV.
•    Casual racism has also been also addressed in the show. "If you're a minority, you're experiencing all sorts of casual racism all the time. And at a certain point, you just get numb to a lot of it, and you're like, whatever

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