Title: How Racial Stereotypes in Popular Media Affect People — and What Hollywood Can Do to Become More Inclusive | Scholars Strategy Network
Headings: How Racial Stereotypes in Popular Media Affect People — and What Hollywood Can Do to Become More Inclusive
How Racial Stereotypes in Popular Media Affect People — and What Hollywood Can Do to Become More Inclusive
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Nancy Wang Yuen
Harms from Portrayals of Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the Media
How Hollywood Can Take Strong Corrective Actions

Content: Industry leaders must take responsibility for diversity problems, and white elites should not hide shortfalls behind a facade of colorblind tolerance. Demographic changes and an ever-expanding international box office will put pressure on Hollywood to diversify, but not necessarily to overhaul longstanding racially relevant barriers — unless more concerted efforts are made. As Viola Davis stated in her 2015 Emmy award acceptance speech, “If they exist in life, then we should see it on TV. We should see it on stage or on the screen. As many people are out there are as many stories that should be being told.” Read more Nancy Wang Yuen, Reel Inequality: Hollywood Actors and Racism (Rutgers University Press, 2016).