The letter details the deep-seated legacy of white supremacy in Hollywood, saying that the “lack of a true commitment to inclusion and institutional support” has only reinforced that legacy.
Tessa Thompson, Kendrick Sampson, Viola Davis, Idris Elba, and Billy Porter are a few among over 300 Black artists and studio executives who have signed an open letter calling on Hollywood to divest from the police and anti-black content and to invest in the Black community and anti-racist content. This letter was developed by Kendrick Sampson and Tessa Thompson alongside Black Lives Matter co-founders, Patrisse Cullors and Melina Abdullah.
Further, the letter demands that Hollywood divests from the police by committing to having no police on sets and pressuring any state that Hollywood benefits via tax rebates to divest from police and invest in Black lives. The letter also calls for the industry to divest from the making of anti-black content “that dehumanizes or criminalizes Black people and/or champions abuse by law enforcement.”
The letter also demands that Hollywood invests in Black careers in Hollywood. Hollywood can do this, the writers continue, by having Black partners and board members in every agency and management company in order to provide support for Black agents and managers. They demand that “every Hollywood institution should have a system of recruitment and ongoing support of Black professionals.”
Some other notable names to sign this open letter are Yara Shahidi, Tiffany Haddish, Michael B. Jordan, Octavia Spencer, Zoe Kravitz, and Issa Rae. The letter states that it’s “time for Hollywood to acknowledge its role and take on the responsibility of repairing the damage and being a proactive part of the change.
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