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"Kerry Washington has said that her series Scandal represents the &amp;quot;full spectrum of humanity&amp;quot; with its diverse cast. Scandal stars Washington as the owner of a crisis management firm, working with an elite team to make sure that damaging information never reaches the public.  The actress recently told Access Hollywood that she is proud of the way that her series deals with diversity. &amp;quot;What&amp;#039;s important to me is that the show represents diversity on so many levels,&amp;quot; Washington said. &amp;quot;When you look at the cast on our show, you see diversity with regard to ethnicity, with regard to gender, sexual orientation, with regard to age, with regard to race - and that, to me, is what&amp;#039;s most important.&amp;quot; She continued: &amp;quot;That a show that represents the full spectrum of humanity, or that attempts to get close to representing the full spectrum of humanity, that that show could be so celebrated? That&amp;#039;s what I&amp;#039;m most proud of.&amp;quot; Washington also discussed how her own character Olivia Pope&amp;#039;s African-American heritage is portrayed in Scandal.  &amp;quot;I love that Olivia&amp;#039;s race is an important aspect of who she is, but it&amp;#039;s not the only defining aspect of who she is,&amp;quot; she said. Washington will be up for the &amp;#039;Best Actress in a Drama series&amp;#039; Emmy Award this weekend against Nashville&amp;#039;s Connie Britton, Homeland&amp;#039;s Claire Danes, Downton Abbey&amp;#039;s Michelle Dockery, Bates Motel&amp;#039;s Vera Farmiga, Mad Men&amp;#039;s Elisabeth Moss and House of Cards&amp;#039; Robin Wright. She will also be presenting at Sunday&amp;#039;s ceremony. Photo gallery - Emmy nominees:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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