This week’s episode discusses Representation in the Entertainment Industry. We discuss film and television over the span of our lifetimes and our experiences and thoughts regarding representation in those spaces. We share information and statistics regarding Black Representation in Film and Entertainment, both on and off screen.
Here are links for resources/articles mentioned in the episode or helped inform this episode:
- Seeing and believing: Meeting Black audience demand for representation that matters | Nielsen
- Representation of Black talent in film and TV | McKinsey
- The evolution of Black representation on television | University of Arizona News
- Social Sciences | Hollywood Diversity Report 2022 | Social Sciences (ucla.edu)
- A history of Black representation in Hollywood: progress of appropriate portrayal – The Wilson Beacon
Here are resources from our shorter segments:
- Microaggressions: Microagressions (Clean) - YouTube
- WPS: Chadwick Boseman SNL Black Jeopardy - Black Jeopardy with Chadwick Boseman - SNL - YouTube
- WPS Sample obtained from @abnshark901 http://y.at/shark.ocean.scouts
- In The News:
- Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Returns to a Transformed Supreme Court - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
- Arizona's governor has signed a law that limits filming police : NPR
- Here’s What You Need to Know About the House Passage of the Respect for Marriage Act | News & Commentary | American Civil Liberties Union (aclu.org)
- Family calls for Sesame Place to fire Rosita performer, new apology (usatoday.com)
- Desus and Mero Reportedly Broke Up Over Manager Victor Lopez (vulture.com)
- Black Entrepreneurship:
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