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LAW: How Hollywood Keeps Minorities Out
http://www.laweekly.com/news/how-hollywood-keeps-minorities-out-5402815
about 90 percent of the agents are white, according to Hunt's 2014 report.
The agencies' control over content includes lists of available actors, which are sent to studios and directorial clients involved in projects packaged by the agents. They publish regular rankings of talent and directors. Rarely, critics say, do those lists include minorities.
One Hollywood source took a look at a recent agency list of available directors. It had as many as 130 names, she said. Three were women; three were people of color.
LAW: How Hollywood Keeps Minorities Out Feb 26, 13:21
THR: Diverse Casts Deliver Higher Ratings, Bigger Box Office Feb 26, 14:28
Don't forget include gays, lesbian, bisexual, transgender as diverse {nm} Feb 26, 14:45
good point! {nm} Feb 26, 15:06
The info on that agency list (OWA) (ODA) is wrong. There are more than 3 women and PoC listed. But... very close. {nm} Feb 26, 18:27