Studies have shown correlations between onscreen representation and racial and gender biases.
The study, which could be the first of its kind in Canada, calculated the percentage of “main” actors who appeared to be Asian, Black or a person of colour, among scripted shows on five Canadian broadcasters. Main actors were those who appeared in 50 per cent or more of the episodes in a season.
Many communities in Canada have very few people of colour, Lee said. “So their proxy is to say, ‘What I see on TV is a reflection of that community.’”“If you get taxpayer dollars,” she said, “taxpayers should have themselves reflected.” Many of those efforts were a result of an earlier report by the festival, which called out the network for discrepancies in funding for racialized production companies.Photo by Knowledge Network
“The Hollywood Reporter says that 60 per cent of television shows fail,” Lee said. “It’s a part of the industry.”Article content
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