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Posted Tuesday 7/20/21 at 1:26PM EDT
Friends co-creator Marta Kauffman on the show's lack of diversity: "It was, to a certain extent, a product of the time period and of my own ignorance"
Kauffman again addressed Friends' whiteness on this week's episode of CNN's History of the Sitcom.
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Posted Friday 7/16/21 at 3:06AM EDT
73rd Primetime Emmys are set to make diversity history
Only two people of color have ever won the Emmy in the same category in back to back years: Bill Cosby...
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Posted Wednesday 7/14/21 at 9:47PM EDT
Real Housewives of New York's Eboni K. Williams is getting backlash over "boring" racial discourse from the same critics who complained about the show's lack of diversity
"In the nine episodes of RHONY season 13 that have aired so far, conversations on race have been front and...
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Posted Tuesday 7/13/21 at 8:15PM EDT
ESPN president responds to the Maria Taylor-Rachel Nichols spat, says he's planning a town hall over the network's diversity
“We respect and acknowledge there are a variety of feelings about what happened and the actions we took,” ESPN president...
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Posted Friday 6/04/21 at 12:49AM EDT
Real Housewives adding minority cast members to its all-white shows has complicated "the Bravo wink" when it comes to racist behavior
"Bravo’s slate of identity-focused reality shows over the past 15 years have come to define the famously messy network, beginning...
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Posted Saturday 5/22/21 at 4:50AM EDT
Mythic Quest avoids Indian-American clichés with Danny Pudi's character
"The only major facts we know about (Pudi's character) Brad so far are his job title and that, like Pudi,...
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Posted Saturday 5/22/21 at 4:50AM EDT
Shadow and Bone is groundbreaking in its diversity of Asian characters
The Netflix fantasy series "has four prominent Asian characters in its ensemble, and all of them are breaking up the...
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Posted Monday 5/03/21 at 2:41PM EDT
Sex and the City's HBO Max revival is adding three women of color to its cast
The And Just Like That reboot previously announced it would have a writers' room that is half minorities.
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Posted Saturday 5/01/21 at 3:58AM EDT
Shadow and Bone has the same problem as Bridgerton and The Witcher in rewriting white roles for minorities
In Leigh Bardugo’s Grishavese books, Alina is white, but the Netflix series changed Alina’s race to reflect actress Jessie Mei...
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Posted Wednesday 4/14/21 at 3:17PM EDT
ABC passed on some pilot scripts "for the first time" due to their lack of diversity
Walt Disney Television chairman of entertainment Dana Walden said at a recent panel that "for the first time," ABC passed...
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Posted Wednesday 4/14/21 at 3:17PM EDT
BBC diversity chief: Luther isn't "authentic" enough because "he doesn't have Black friends"
BBC diversity chief Miranda Wayland has generated controversy with her comment that Idris Elba's DCI John Luther “doesn’t have any...
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Posted Wednesday 3/31/21 at 2:27PM EDT
More than 130 filmmakers sign an open letter denouncing PBS for its "over-reliance" on Ken Burns
"A simple accounting from kenburns.
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Posted Wednesday 3/24/21 at 1:49PM EDT
Meghan McCain under fire for "identity politics" The View rant questioning race and gender representation
On The View this morning, McCain noted that there has only been one Asian female (Lisa Ling) in The View's...
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Matt Groening is "proud" of The Simpsons' Apu, has "ambitious" plans to revive him
In reflecting on The Simpsons' 700th episode, USA Today asked Groening if he would've changed the nature of Apu in...
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Posted Monday 3/15/21 at 4:13PM EDT
The Bachelor's race problems won't be fixed until it experiences a behind-the-scenes shakeup
Even if ABC were to fire Chris Harrison, the network would be "attempting a superficial fix for a much deeper,...
