article_snippet: Shonda Rhimes, creator of 'Grey's Anatomy,' 'Scandal,' and 'How to Get Away With Murder,' was one of the many in Deadline Hollywood's to lash out about the article on Twitter . '
article_snippet: the article on Twitter caused controversy not only from the greater public at large, but by high-ranking members in the film industry - including African-American television writer and producer Shonda Rhimes.
article_snippet: The 45-year-old creator of hit shows Grey's Anatomy, Scandal and
article_snippet: How to Get Away With Murder tweeted: '
article_snippet: Retweeters of Rhimes' post include actress Garcelle Beauvais, Helena Andrews, author and Washington Post journalist, Ava Duvernay, the director of 'Selma,' and more than 1,000 others.
article_snippet: Above, Rhimes' tweet following Article's publishing last week .
article_snippet: Additionally, Rhimes' noted that other 'hot commodities' are contributing to the trend, including 'occasional foreigners with that 'sparkle.'
article_snippet: Our writers, and editors, can be so focused on the trees Our writers, and editors sometimes forget to look at the forest, or in this case, the readers who are much more than statistics. '
article_snippet: Here, 'Scandal's' Joshua Malina (who plays David Rosen) tweeted 'Deadline be cray.'