An organization of diverse television writers has a few concrete suggestions for industry companies disseminating sympathetic statements in response to nationwide protests over systemic racism.
showing experiential disparities between over- and underrepresented TV writers in the industry.
The call to action specifically asks showrunners, creative executives, non-writing producers, business attorneys, talent representatives and staff writers to, first, prioritize hiring Black writers on all stories, not just stories with Black characters, and not simply to satisfy inclusion quotas.
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