Yvette Nicole Brown (L) and Jim Rash in the Heineken Green Room at Vulture Festival
Yvette Nicole Brown (L) and Jim Rash in the Heineken Green Room at Vulture Festival on November 10, 2019 in Hollywood, California.
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  • Yvette Nicole Brown was one of eight series regulars on NBC's TV show "Community."
  • But in a book titled "1001 TV Series You Must Watch Before You Die," she was left off the cast list.
  • Brown tweeted out photos from the book, highlighting the omission as an example of racial bias.
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Yvette Nicole Brown, known for her role as Shirley on the NBC's "Community," called out the editors of the TV-book "1001 Shows You Must Watch Before You Die" for not doing "their due diligence."

The book, published in October 2015, included "Community" as a must-watch show, but Brown's name was the only one of eight series regulars left off the cast list.

"Notice anything?" Brown wrote on Twitter, with accompanying photos of the book pages. "And folks wonder why I say Shirley is an afterthought?"

She continued: "There were eight series regulars on Community. I was #4 on the list. My bud [Rob Corddry] was never a series regular. His name is there. See whose name is missing?"

Brown also acknowledged other castmates, Ken Jeong and Jim Rash, who were left off the list.

Brown replied to someone on Twitter who pointed out that Rob Corddry was in very few episodes, but was still listed in the book under "cast."

"This isn't about him," Brown wrote. "It's about the editors of this 'book' who didn't do their due diligence & how when this happens it's usually women & POC who get overlooked. Two white dudes in the pic for a show about a study GROUP?!"

When another person expressed incredulity over the omission, Brown said: "I think it's my genitalila and melanin that did me in." Brown was the only Black woman among the series regulars on "Community."

Publishing house Octopus Books did not immediately return Insider's request for comment.

"Community" first premiered September 17, 2009 on NBC. The series has won "Favorite Comedy Series" and "Favorite Ensemble" for the 2021 "TV Guide" Fan Favorite Awards.

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