3,500 U.K. creatives sign open letter calling for action against 'systemic racism' in British film and TV industries
Producer Nisha Parti, part of the team that created the letter.
More than 3,500 workers in the British film and TV industry have signed an open letter calling for senior figures and decision makers to make several "strategic commitments" to reshape the landscape of the sector and "tackle structural and systemic racism." "While messages condemning racism and advocating for solidarity on social media may inspire hope, the U.K. industry must put its money and practices where its mouth is," the letter states in its introduction. "A direct line can be drawn from the stories and voices that are silenced and ignored, to the discrimination and biases that are pervasive in the entertainment industry and larger society.
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