Race-Equity Consultants in Demand in Hollywood: 'Never Once Have We Been So Busy'

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Diversity and inclusion experts are sought more than ever by entertainment companies: 'It's about dismantling racism.'

Diversity and inclusion experts are sought more than ever by entertainment companies:"It's about dismantling racism."

The consultants come from a variety of backgrounds. Marya Bangee — executive director of Harness, an organization founded by America Ferrera, Wilmer Valderrama and Ryan Piers Williams — previously was a project director at UCLA, working to increase access to higher education in impoverished areas of the city.

Color of Change is not alone; a number of these groups have been focused for years on getting underrepresented writers staffed and making sure that films and TV shows represent authentically diverse stories, a prominent one being the Muslim Public Affairs Council Hollywood Bureau. "Tolerating a community is not enough — they have to be respected and accepted," says bureau director Sue Obeidi, whose background includes an MBA in marketing.

Bangee also advises clients not to put the burden of change on Black employees. "What I'm hearing internally from companies is that the people of color staff is overwhelmed," she says. "They don't have the support they need and they're expected to lead this work on top of the work that they're already doing."

 

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Time for Asian men to be on screen! Sick and tired of seeing white male with a Asian girl on tv. Racist as hell. Only Asian men u see were bad guys or nerds on tv.

Making woke nonsense every day 🙄🙄

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