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Posted Monday 7/13/20 at 5:55PM EDT
CBS wants at least 40% of its writers to be Black, indigenous or people of color by the 2021-22 season
The network today announced it is earmarking 25% of its future script-development money to projects with BIPOC creators or producers.
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Posted Monday 7/13/20 at 5:55PM EDT
Boy Meets World experiencing a racial reckoning after former star Trina McGee revealed racist treatment
In January, McGee, who played Angela Moore in the last two seasons of the ABC TGIF comedy, tweeted about a...
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ESPN accused of having an enduring racist culture behind the camera
ESPN's Black employees have begun speaking out on the sports giant's everyday racism and barriers in a series of conference...
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Posted Monday 7/13/20 at 11:06AM EDT
CNN is launching “a new and expanded race team" to tackle race and systemic racism
"We are pleased to share the news of a new and expanded race team, which will contribute to all CNN...
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Posted Saturday 7/11/20 at 3:24AM EDT
Will Netflix's algorithms prevent it from taking Black TV to the next level?
"Netflix has built a formidable résumé of Black TV and film.
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Posted Saturday 7/11/20 at 3:24AM EDT
Dear White People creator Justin Simien wants his show to age poorly
"I’m not one of these people who thinks, 'Let’s never talk about Gone With the Wind again,'" Simien tells Vulture.
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Posted Friday 7/10/20 at 7:35PM EDT
Why did HBO Max order a Gotham police drama amid a backlash over cop shows?
"Who thought now would be the right time for a Gotham cop show?" Vivian Kane says of HBO Max's announcement...
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Posted Friday 7/10/20 at 3:49AM EDT
SNL's Bowen Yang reveals he was a high school improv group with one of the cops in the Elijah McClain death
McClain was a 23-year-old Black man who died last summer after Aurora, Colorado police officers put him in a chokehold...
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Posted Thursday 7/09/20 at 2:25AM EDT
ESPN announcer apologizes, may lose job over racially insensitive remark
Amid the Black Lives Matter protests a month ago, ESPN held a passionate two-hour conference call among its college football...
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Posted Wednesday 7/08/20 at 1:18PM EDT
Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas is more relevant than ever in 2020 -- so why did HBO cancel it in 2019?
“It is very bizarre to think that when we did it, people just weren’t ready to hear about it or...
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In Netflix's Australian Drama Stateless, a Lesson About Black Lives
I had no intention of gaining insights into the Black Lives Matter movement from watching Stateless, a six-parter set inside...
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The Dukes of Hazzard stars have differing views on the General Lee's Confederate flag controversy
A month ago, Amazon was reportedly considering pulling The Dukes of Hazzard from its IMDb TV streaming service amid the...
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Posted Tuesday 7/07/20 at 12:44PM EDT
Terry Crews and Don Lemon have a heated exchange over Black Lives Matter
The Brooklyn Nine-Nine star defended his criticism of the Black Lives Matter movement during an appearance Monday night on CNN.
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Posted Monday 7/06/20 at 9:49PM EDT
Dear White People creator Justin Simien calls viewership soaring 600% during Black Lives Matter protests "a weird consolation prize"
"It’s nice that it’s happening," says Simien, adding: "It’s devastating that it’s happening on the heels of yet another series...
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Posted Monday 7/06/20 at 1:15PM EDT
Fox News begins capitalizing "Black" when referring to race
Effective today, Fox News will capitalize Black "when it is used as an adjective describing people, a community, or culture,"...