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Did Latinos turn their heads and continue to allow it for over the past fifty years and will they be ignored for decades to come?

Now that the Hollywood strike is over... The previous #OscarsSoWhite controversy Academy Awards brought the role of minorities in media front and center. The proponents of this hashtag pointed to the winners of the Best Actor and Best Actress awards to highlight the lack of diversity.

Up until 2020, only 1.1 percent of non-white females and 6.8 percent of non-white males won the coveted awards. Although this trend continued into 2017, the supporting role awards were won by black actors, Viola Davis and Mahershala Ali, the latter being the first Muslim actor to win an Oscar.

See for yourself because I may not be with you in the long run.

https://youtu.be/TmsahlXby7c?si=tlCadDoTJHWfeCDk
 

  • Minorities are significantly under-represented in the film and TV industry, according to a McKinsey report.
  • Increasing opportunities for Black people in film and TV could improve equality and generate over $10 billion in annual revenues across the industry.
  • The report also showed that few Black people are given creative, off-screen roles.
  • Here are four measures to improve diversity and inclusion in the film and TV industry.

Talent is missing out and so are audiences. Mckinsey estimates that closing the opportunity gap could generate more than $10 billion in annual revenues across the industry, the equivalent of a 7 percent expansion in baseline revenues.

Hispanic and Latino representation in film hasn’t improved for 16 years 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/nov/06/hispanic-latino-representation-movie-usc-study

More Evidence TV Doesn't Reflect Real-Life Diversity

https://www.npr.org/2020/12/04/942574850/more-evidence-tv-doesnt-reflec…

The Power of (Mis)Representation: Why Racial and Ethnic Stereotypes in the Media Matter

https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1059&context…

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