White Elephant in the Room
“For the past 10 years, we have quantified disturbing patterns around the lack of media representation concerning females and people of color in film.” A study from the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism confirms what we can see with our own eyes. It’s not that the Oscars are so white. It’s that Hollywood is so white.
+ Taylor Swift needed 11. Kendrick Lamar had 17. The Weeknd used 15. Rihanna, 21 and Bieber, 19. Which raises the question: How many producers does it take to win a Grammy?