The company's inclusion panel at the Winter TCAs put the onus on white leadership to take responsibility for implementing lasting institutional change.
"You might notice the other panelists joining us today are white," said Walt Disney Television head of Creative Talent Development & Inclusion Tim McNeal at the outset of the Thursday session, in which he and CTDI director DMA were the only Black participants."We want to move the conversation from what talent is consistently asked, to what our leaders must do differently to create real impact.
This framing was made clear with the title of the panel,"Inclusion is Not a Spectator Sport.""It costs us nothing to push," said's Alexi Hawley of himself and fellow white male showrunners."I've heard stories of writers of color who have tried to push on parity, and they get pushback. I don't. If I don't do the work, that's on me."
The producers and execs on the panel acknowledged that taking responsibility puts a lot of traditional gatekeepers on unfamiliar terrain.
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