The death of George Floyd has ignited calls for reform not only of the criminal justice system but of industries including Hollywood.Regardless of the cause, this moment appears to be an inflection point in the way we think about institutional racism. But no part of the issue is news to the Black community.
Most studios and networks boast a slate of well-intentioned inclusion initiatives to showcase acting, directing and writing talent from communities of color. But structural shortfalls, perhaps more damaging in their subtlety, persist. Take TV diversity programs, which are often great stepping stones for writers and directors of color to get their first job on a series.
“If you look at a big majority of studio films that have come out, be they biopics or stories with primarily Black characters, a lot of times you have white screenwriters.”But the latest Writers Guild of America inclusion report makes obvious the glaring continued racial disparity in writers’ room ranks. In the 2019-20 season, 51% of staff writers were white, and the rest were people of color.
Some go so far as to indicate that the industry’s approach to diversity and inclusion is an act of misdirection, when the focus should be on the conditions that have allowed the main benefactors of the status quo — white men — to remain in positions of control. “The lack of a true commitment to inclusion and institutional support has only reinforced Hollywood’s legacy of white supremacy,” wrote Sampson. “This is not only in storytelling. It is cultural and systemic in Hollywood. Our agencies, which often serve as industry gatekeepers, don’t recruit, retain or support Black agents. Our unions don’t consider or defend our specific, intersectional struggles. Unions are even worse for our below-the-line crew, especially for Black women.
Cherry similarly feels a responsibility to keep the door open for other Black creators, in the vein of Ava DuVernay, Jordan Peele and Michael B. Jordan’s efforts to promote Black talent. Yet speaking out comes despite a very real fear of professional repercussions, which is why Cherry tweeted his support for John Boyega after the “Star Wars” actor took the megaphone at a Black Lives Matter protest in London on June 3 to address the crowd.
“I’ve made my money,” says Riley. “I can continue to make money in the background. I can be a part of a production team, and you don’t even know my ass is there, and be making more than being in front of the camera. There’s not going to be anyone that’s going to be able to stop me.” That may sound radical, he says, but the notion becomes less so when considering that white men make up only about 30% of the U.S. population but create the bulk of Hollywood’s output.
We The People!! I don't believe in giving power and responeablity to MARXIST!! The Marxist Agenda!! Ignorance Of History!! Trained Marxist!!
They’ll put out a few projects and if they don’t make money they’ll find the next cause to try to monetize. That’s all they do.
Who cares, black Hollywood is not the problem. All people need to be decent to each other, across race anf gender. If they were we would not need to emphasise Black, white, straight, gay, man, woman.
this is getting ridiculous what happened to the art of acting? feels like the only art that's guaranteed protection from the woke cult is Manga and that's because Akamatsu-sensei stepped in to protect it from Woke censorship
'White NBA is speaking out, but is the industry listening?' Now you see how stupid you are?
The problem is that screenwriters rather change the race of a character to 'appease' minorities, rather than adding a new character with a minority background which would be accepted by all without having to change already existing characters. (Yes, I am looking at you netflix )
So what is the solution? Genuine question. The reason I ask is I see a lot of 'We want equality, but stay in your lane', and that's not good for anyone. Diversity is great, but simply tipping the scales in another wrong direction won't fix anything.
I still don't get how the two white writers of Straight Outta Compton got an Oscar nom but not F. Gary Gray or any of the actors.
Can we address MatthewACherry correctly? That's Academy Award Winner Matthew A. Cherry. 👍🏾
MatthewACherry Shake it MatthewACherry
Shut up and write. See what I did there.🤔
Maybe swap out the super-white Actors on Actirs vid, hey ?
Creative ability is now defined by skin pigmentation?..
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51% to 49% is a glaring disparity now? What the...?
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