A new report finds Hollywood has failed to fundamentally change who decides what gets made and what does not. And when those in power aren’t people of color or women, the content they create perpetuates stereotypes that have a damaging impact on society.
Consequently, the report says content not only fails to be authentic but also repeats some of the most damaging tropes about people of color.
If you’re continually portraying a group in degrading, dehumanizing ways, it’s much harder for the rest of the country to invite them in.“This obsession prompts a reciprocal exchange between Hollywood’s exploitation of Black cultural influence and the Black community’s passive embrace of the industry’s distortions, resulting in a usury trade: self-destructive pathologies imbued by the Black community, swapped for Hollywood’s financial benefit,” the report says.
The report concludes that only when the demographics of industry decision makers more closely resemble the nation will Hollywood content reflect the experiences of all Americans.
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