I really loved the Seinfeld sitcom, so I wish Jerry Seinfeld would stop being so whiny and defensive when he’s asked about the treatment of women and minorities in comedy. He’s wrong and his agitated rationalizations make him look terrible. No one is asking for quotas or anything like it, just fairness.

The reason critics question why some shows, like the first season of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, are so white and male, is because high-profile comedy vehicles have been controlled by white men and favored white men for so long. Should Saturday Night Live have not been questioned for having so few African-American women in its cast when so many great ones were available across decades? Should David Letterman have not been questioned about going years with barely having a female stand-up comic during such an amazing era for female comedians? Such questions being asked have helped bring about change. Those questions should continue. If that upsets Jerry Seinfeld, so be it. Sometimes people get upset not because criticism is unjust but because it’s spot-on.