Racism And Stereotypes

The University of Southern California discovered that filmmakers have made little progress in casting more non-white characters. Even though the United States is becoming more diverse in culture Hollywood has not change from its roots. From (Sanathanam and Crigger, 2015) research the top 100 films in 2014 up to 75% of the characters were Caucasian. 17 of the top movies in 2014 featured non-white lead or co-lead actors (Out of 30,000 Hollywood film characters, here’s how many weren’t white section, para 1). Informs that Hollywood is not in a rush to change their ways to avoid diversity for Caucasians to share the fame with other ethnic groups. Hollywood is mindset is to keep Caucasians superior.

In the 2017 media article “How Fair is Hollywood” the main problem is the lack of inclusion that Hollywood has been using throughout their movies . This problem can be solved by having an actor play the role of the corresponding race of his/her character.As noted by Media Mix news in paragraph 1, the author explicitly describes “People have reported frustration with Hollywood’s casting process. That’s because they see non-white actors repeatedly kept out of the spotlight. There is also the phenomenon called “whitewashing,” when roles are written for minorities are given to white actors”. This indicates that people are being displeased by the fact that Hollywood has been doing negative things to put actors to play a  different race from what

Television still doesn’t completely represent the diversity in America. Roughly three-quarters of film actors were white in 2014. There was only 12.5% African American, 5.3% Asian, and 4.9% Hispanic actors while there was 73.1% white actors. Studies also show the majority of actors are male. According to the annual 100 top grossing films 2007-2014 only 30.2% of speaking or named characters were women, while 73.1% were male whites.

As I reflect on my identity, I notice that many shows that I regularly watch contain a cast made up of predominantly white actors/actresses. Furthermore, I believe that many shows in general consist of a dominant white cast. As we’ve seen, the amount of white representation in media compared to the white population is

“While demographic trends suggest that the United States itself is becoming more diverse, developing characters for people of all backgrounds is a smart business strategy” is the new tactic that should be followed. The world is changing, and the industry should be changing as well. They can not and should not continue this racial insensitivity that is ever so clear for people to pick up on. Not only does adding in diversity to film and music create an increased sense of unity and belonging to everyone around the world, but it also does help maximize potential, help avoid backlash, and prevent movements like #OscarsSoWhite. Companies such as Marvel, and broadway, have increased diversity to create representation for people of color and their profit levels alone show the industry what diversity can do.

We all have visited the cinema once or twice in our lives to see just released movies with family or friends. Some rather watch romantic movies, others action or horror. There are so many different movies out there, each appealing to different people, but there’s one thing most movies seem to have in common: the main cast consists mainly out of white actors. There are barely any movies with a diverse main cast. Even when the character in the movie is a non-white person, there is a white person playing that role.

Some people would claim that Hollywood does suffer severely from a lack of diversity. Some will also declare that Hollywood is whitewashed, insensitive when it

That being said, there are movies that try to break Hollywood’s typically white streak. Such as, The Motel is a 2006 film 2006 film directed by Michael

The table/graphic, from U.S.Census Bureau 2009, demonstrates the complete data for protagonist race. It shows the most racial diversity. In the category ‘Award-winners’ 65.6% of protagonists were white, 10.4% were Black, and Asian( 6.4%), Hispanic( 4.8%) and lower and lower score for others. This graphic is the best example and a great support to the other author’s claim. It is called The

In 2015 Hollywood Diversity Report: Flipping the Script, Drs. Darnell Hunt and Ana-Christina Ramon takes a hard look at the statistics of women of color involved on television, in movies, and behind the scenes. In 2013, cable scripted television programs had approximately 62.9% lead male roles and 37.1% female lead roles – of that 80.7% of lead female roles were white and 19.3% were Asian, Latino, Indian, and black women of color – a slight increase of 4.6% since 2012. It was in 2012 that women held the most female leads in the history of film: 30.8% – of these 15.1% were women of color; however, in 2013, the percentage of female leads dropped to 25.3% while increasing in minority roles to 16.7%. Furthermore, it is seen that female television writers and directors make up approximately 30% with 30% of these women being minorities. Oscar winners by gender was an even 50% in 2012, and increase of 32% since 2011. Of these female actresses, 25% of them were minorities – an increase from 0 in 2011. Drs. Hunt and Roman admit to studying these finding in an attempt to shed light on the “Hollywood race and gender problem” (Ramon). The increase and decrease of gender roles and minority roles is proof that Hollywood has the capacity to correct the problem when it comes to discrimination and prejudice, but seemingly refuse to do

Films have the power to both influence and reflect society. The stereotypes prevalent throughout American culture are reflected in most films. While the United States is becoming an increasingly diverse country, this diversity is not portrayed within American cinema. Minority figures often occupy

　What is problems of Hollywood movies now? “Whitewashing a ghost,” an essay in The Student Times of 31 March 2017, states the following issues. Although Hollywood needs Asian and Native American actors, it tends to use major white actors in order to sell movies. As a result, it cannot train actors of other races to play

“The movie industry should not be focused on making films with more diversity, but making movies with good actors,” is an argument that has been coming from people in and out of the movie business. Hollywood should be focused on making good movies with good actors; but can't those actors be also those of color? This world is filled with different types of people with different skin colors and racial backgrounds. But we are still constantly seeing predominantly white performers on the big screen. As of now, there has been an increasing amount of diversity in television, but movies are still falling behind. Only seven percent of the films had a cast whose balance of ethnic and race reflected the population.While in television it is nineteen percent.But should we really be settling just for that? A study was done by USC students based on 21,000 actors appearing in four hundred films and TV shows from September 2014-August 2015. The ethnic percentages were: 71% white, 12.2% black, 5.8% hispanic/latino, 5.1 Asian, 2.3% Middle Eastern, and 3.1% of other.

Smith states that, “Across the top 100 films of just last year, 48 films didn't feature one black or African-American speaking character, and 70 films were devoid of Asian or Asian-American speaking characters that were girls or women” (Smith). The discrimination of African Americans, Asians, and many other races and ethnicities has been somewhat of an epidemic in Hollywood and the film industry for many years. It is understandable how this topic can upset people and have them pushing for more ethnic diversity in movies. Although many believe the film industry should include more diversity, people also must understand that not all characters can be changed just for the sake of having more diversity in a film. Take historical films for example, directors are not going to make a historical film with actors that do not fit within the roles of the movie. This is different in the case of movies like the Spiderman franchise. This franchise had been looking for an actor to continue the franchise, and had an African American actor in the running for the main role. Even though the previous films had while actors portray the lead, it would have been completely acceptable for an African American actor to take over. In the end the Spiderman franchise gave up a wonderful opportunity to cast an African American actor and help to fight against the diversity

The United States is a probably one of the most diverse countries in the world, with people from various nationalities, ethnicities, and races living next to each other. However, the majority of colored people are called minorities, and representation of minorities has always been a problem. This includes the lack of their participation in social activities, like politics, or inability to get high paid salaries, or even being represented in the mainstream media. There are various problems that these people face, and with dominant white culture dictating trends, representation of these minorities is becoming even harder. One of the biggest criticisms faced by Hollywood has always been a lack of colored actors on screen and significant wage discrimination based not only on race but also on gender. These problems have raised awareness about the importance of having minorities in the movies, and giving younger generation of minorities a chance to relate to people they see and not feel alienated by the fact that all the movies are dominated by white actors. Social activists have played a huge role in promoting equal pay and improved opportunities for people of color, believing that this is important for various reasons.