Here's a look at some of the most significant ways popular culture has changed in the last decade, with diversity and inclusion concerns taking centre stage.
This image from video provided by Zola shows a scene of the advertisement that proved controversial for the Hallmark Channel. NEW YORK -- When the family-friendly Hallmark Channel recently pulled, under pressure from a conservative group, a set of ads featuring a kiss between two happy brides at the altar, backlash was swift -- to say the least.
Speaking of viral protests, this was also the decade of #OscarsSoWhite, the hashtag launched by activist April Reign in 2015 when none of the 20 acting nominees were actors of colour. Incredibly, the same thing happened in 2016, forcing the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to launch a major membership overhaul aimed at diversifying its overwhelmingly white, male, older ranks.
In her speech at the 2018 Oscars, soon after the Harvey Weinstein scandal launched the #MeToo era, Frances McDormand urged women to demand an "inclusion rider" in contracts to help achieve gender parity. Almost two years later, evidence of progress for women in front of and behind the camera is slow but steady. The entry of streaming giants like Netflix has accelerated the pace of change, says Stacy L.
Inroads also were made in children's programming. "Doc McStuffins," the Disney Junior children's cartoon, featured a family led by an interracial, lesbian couple, and the Disney Channel kids' show "Andi Mack" introduced a key gay character. In their most recent report, issued in early 2019, the authors write that in Hollywood, "people of colour remained underrepresented on every industry employment front in 2016-17."
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