"Men in Hollywood appear to inhabit a parallel universe," the industry-funded commission concluded from a landmark worker survey.
The report revealed wide differences in the perceptions and experiences of bias and inclusion between men, women and other underrepresented groups in Hollywood. Women surveyed were around twice as likely as their male colleagues to say they had experienced biased or unfair behavior, according to the report.
"Hollywood has an insidious problem with both sexual harassment and discrimination. Racial discrimination and racist behaviors and beliefs are ingrained in the business, from casting on down. Most white writers will never identify race in scripts, save for non-white characters. The assumption becomes every character is white unless otherwise noted," another anonymous respondent said.
"The entertainment industry has the unique potential to tell the stories of today’s richly diverse world. But to get there, the barriers to underrepresented people being valued and in ‘the room where it happens’ must be eliminated.
Here's an interesting finding: Deadline and other media trades INCLUDED statistics found in the report concerning us Latinos. Meanwhile, the Hollywood Reporter chose to erase us. Do better.