Jaleel White says "I was never invited to the Emmys, even to present" when he was starring in Family Matters

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White hosts a podcast, Ever After, where he interviews fellow child stars mostly from his 1990s era, including Blossom's Mayim Bialik. Despite his starring role in Family Matters, White says that he was always aware that Hollywood treated him differently than other successful — and white — child actors like Wonder Years star Fred Savage or Bialik. "You were made to feel African-American," White tells Yahoo Entertainment. "Fred Savage was always invited to the Emmys; he was always treated like a darling during this time. I was never invited to the Emmys, even to present. I was pretty much told that I would be wasting my time to even submit myself for nomination."