Non-White Cast Diversity
If you go surfing through your tv channels, you might notice that the majority of the people you see are of the white race. People of that certain group hold a bigger position in the television industry than all the other ethnic groups combined. Individuals of other races do not make a large enough appearance in today’s television or movies.Television and movie directors should create a more diverse cast for their production. Many channels have an all white cast, the way children view themselves depend on how they’re represented and people of specific ethnic groups are placed in certain stereotypes. However, some television producers are attempting to fix that. Now, there is not only white people on television, there are people of other
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Some may argue, that diversity has been increasing over the years in the digital world of film and television. However, “Of 42 new shows planned for next TV season on the Big Four broadcast networks, 13 series (or 30 percent), either star non-white actors, feature a mostly non-white cast or feature non-white actors as co-leads.” (Deggans). This showed that less than 50% of planned television shows were consisting of a cast that wasn’t mostly white. That means that at least 70% of the planned television shows had a mostly-white cast. Also, over the course of 55 years, the diversity percentage has increased only 23.4% (Ralph). Now, that isn’t to say that nothing changed, but nothing of a significant impact has changed. It is slightly disappointing that over the span of only 55 years, diversity has only increased 23.4% in the film production world of hollywood. So, even though slight change has been made, it was small enough to show that no real effort was made in …show more content…
Television and movie directors should create a more diverse cast for their production. Some may argue, that diversity has been increasing over the years in the digital world of film and television. However, many channels still use an all white main cast. Also, the way children view themselves will depend on how they are represented on screen and in social media. If we are to make sure that children of every color, religion and gender are comfortable with who they are, we need to start showing people like them in a positive light. Or we might have kids growing up discriminating one
Some may argue, that diversity has been increasing over the years in the digital world of film and television. However, “Of 42 new shows planned for next TV season on the Big Four broadcast networks, 13 series (or 30 percent), either star non-white actors, feature a mostly non-white cast or feature non-white actors as co-leads.” (Deggans). This showed that less than 50% of planned television shows were consisting of a cast that wasn’t mostly white. That means that at least 70% of the planned television shows had a mostly-white cast. Also, over the course of 55 years, the diversity percentage has increased only 23.4% (Ralph). Now, that isn’t to say that nothing changed, but nothing of a significant impact has changed. It is slightly disappointing that over the span of only 55 years, diversity has only increased 23.4% in the film production world of hollywood. So, even though slight change has been made, it was small enough to show that no real effort was made in …show more content…
Television and movie directors should create a more diverse cast for their production. Some may argue, that diversity has been increasing over the years in the digital world of film and television. However, many channels still use an all white main cast. Also, the way children view themselves will depend on how they are represented on screen and in social media. If we are to make sure that children of every color, religion and gender are comfortable with who they are, we need to start showing people like them in a positive light. Or we might have kids growing up discriminating one