When Does Hollywood’s Diversity Become Real Representation?
With movies like Crazy Rich Asians, BlacKkKlansman, and Sorry To Bother You out in theaters, Hollywood is trying to mute the complaint that it lacks racial and ethnic diversity, to avoid another #OscarsSoWhite. But depicting people of color onscreen was always the easy part. Next comes a harder question: how authentically are minority experiences being represented? Matt sits down with senior editor Gillian White and culture writer Hannah Giorgis to discuss.
Links
- “What Does It Mean to ‘Sound’ Black?” (Hannah Giorgis, August 15, 2018)
- “There’s Nothing Wrong With Black English” (John…
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