This is the year networks finally embraced diversity
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"For the first time in network TV history, shows with actors of color in lead roles outnumber shows with predominantly white casts," reports Kate Aurthur, adding: "Changes onscreen have come slowly to all of television. And at the ad-supported broadcast networks — which, with a few exceptions, still provide the biggest platforms — deeming the lives of people of color unworthy material for popularized storytelling has had toxic consequences. There are real-life effects for showing black and brown people as criminals, or otherwise dehumanized. Conversely, so rarely presenting the lives of people of color as joyful or romantic or exceptional enough to provide dramatic or comedic fodder has also contributed to decades’ worth of damage."
TOPICS: Diversity, ABC, CBS, The CW, FOX, NBC
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