Representation In Film and Television
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07/24/22 • 51 min
This week’s episode discusses Representation in the Entertainment Industry. We discuss film and television over the span of our lifetimes and our experiences and thoughts regarding representation in those spaces. We share information and statistics regarding Black Representation in Film and Entertainment, both on and off screen.
Here are links for resources/articles mentioned in the episode or helped inform this episode:
- Seeing and believing: Meeting Black audience demand for representation that matters | Nielsen
- Representation of Black talent in film and TV | McKinsey
- The evolution of Black representation on television | University of Arizona News
- Social Sciences | Hollywood Diversity Report 2022 | Social Sciences (ucla.edu)
- A history of Black representation in Hollywood: progress of appropriate portrayal – The Wilson Beacon
Here are resources from our shorter segments:
- Microaggressions: Microagressions (Clean) - YouTube
- WPS: Chadwick Boseman SNL Black Jeopardy - Black Jeopardy with Chadwick Boseman - SNL - YouTube
- WPS Sample obtained from @abnshark901 http://y.at/shark.ocean.scouts
- In The News:
- Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Returns to a Transformed Supreme Court - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
- Arizona's governor has signed a law that limits filming police : NPR
- Here’s What You Need to Know About the House Passage of the Respect for Marriage Act | News & Commentary | American Civil Liberties Union (aclu.org)
- Family calls for Sesame Place to fire Rosita performer, new apology (usatoday.com)
- Desus and Mero Reportedly Broke Up Over Manager Victor Lopez (vulture.com)
- Black Entrepreneurship:
This week’s episode discusses Representation in the Entertainment Industry. We discuss film and television over the span of our lifetimes and our experiences and thoughts regarding representation in those spaces. We share information and statistics regarding Black Representation in Film and Entertainment, both on and off screen.
Here are links for resources/articles mentioned in the episode or helped inform this episode:
- Seeing and believing: Meeting Black audience demand for representation that matters | Nielsen
- Representation of Black talent in film and TV | McKinsey
- The evolution of Black representation on television | University of Arizona News
- Social Sciences | Hollywood Diversity Report 2022 | Social Sciences (ucla.edu)
- A history of Black representation in Hollywood: progress of appropriate portrayal – The Wilson Beacon
Here are resources from our shorter segments:
- Microaggressions: Microagressions (Clean) - YouTube
- WPS: Chadwick Boseman SNL Black Jeopardy - Black Jeopardy with Chadwick Boseman - SNL - YouTube
- WPS Sample obtained from @abnshark901 http://y.at/shark.ocean.scouts
- In The News:
- Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Returns to a Transformed Supreme Court - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
- Arizona's governor has signed a law that limits filming police : NPR
- Here’s What You Need to Know About the House Passage of the Respect for Marriage Act | News & Commentary | American Civil Liberties Union (aclu.org)
- Family calls for Sesame Place to fire Rosita performer, new apology (usatoday.com)
- Desus and Mero Reportedly Broke Up Over Manager Victor Lopez (vulture.com)
- Black Entrepreneurship:
Previous Episode
D.W.B.W.W.G. - Driving While Black With White Girl
This week’s episode discusses Driving While Black (DWB) and the even more specific interracial police stops of DWBWWG, Driving While Black With White Girl. Studies have shown that Black drivers are stopped at higher rates than White drivers, treated less respectfully, are more likely to be searched, more likely to be arrested, and more likely to be exposed to excessive force than White drivers. Some of the statistics of DWB and personal experiences of DWBWWG police stops are shared.
Here are links for resources/articles mentioned in the episode or helped inform this episode:
- The Stanford Open Policing Project
- Driving while Black and unwarranted traffic stops cry out for reform (usatoday.com)
- A large-scale analysis of racial disparities in police stops across the United States | Nature Human Behaviour
- Racial Bias in Police Traffic Stops: White Residents’ County-Level Prejudice and Stereotypes Are Related to Disproportionate Stopping of Black Drivers - Marleen Stelter, Iniobong Essien, Carsten Sander, Juliane Degner, 2022 (sagepub.com)
Here are resources from our shorter segments:
- Microaggressions: Microaggressions (Clean) - YouTube
- WPS: The Daughters of the British Empire in the USA (dbenational.org)
- WPS Sample obtained from @abnshark901 http://y.at/shark.ocean.scouts
- In The News:
- Akron police video of Jayland Walker
- After police kill unarmed Black man Jayland Walker, Akron police release bodycam footage | PBS NewsHour
- Gun Violence Archive.
- More than 220 shot and killed in U.S. gun violence over July 4 holiday weekend - CBS News
- Detained WNBA star Brittney Griner pleads guilty to drug charges in Russia (espn.com)
- Derek Chauvin: George Floyd's killer sentenced to 21 years in federal prison - CNN
- 'It's a dream come true to be a Raider' for Las Vegas native and team president Sandra Douglass Morgan (raiders.com)
- Black Entrepreneurship: Me and the Bees Lemonade
- https://www.meandthebees.com/
- Healthy Hive Foundation
- Book: Bee Fearless: Dream Like a Kid By Mikaila Ulmer
- Our Favs: Mary - Prickly Pear & Classic / Justin - Black Cherry & Ginger
Next Episode
Racial Wealth Gap in America
This week’s episode discusses the Racial Wealth Gap. Focus is given to the historical and systemic components as well as discussion on class and Haves vs. Have Nots. We look at what is needed to narrow the gap.
Here are links for resources/articles mentioned in the episode or helped inform this episode:
- Explained | Racial Wealth Gap | FULL EPISODE | Netflix - YouTube
- INSIGHT_Still-Running-Up-Down-Escalators_vF.pdf (duke.edu)
- Racial wealth gap may be a key to other inequities – Harvard Gazette
- Why The Racial Wealth Gap Is So Hard To Close : Planet Money : NPR
- Getting Serious About Closing Racial Wealth Gap Means Looking For New, Large Solutions (forbes.com)
- Top 1% Of U.S. Households Hold 15 Times More Wealth Than Bottom 50% Combined (forbes.com)
Here are resources from our shorter segments:
- Microaggressions: Theme = Denial of Individual Racism or Racial Biases Microagressions (Clean) - YouTube
- WPS: Enslaved People on Confederate Money
- Object of Intrigue: Confederate Currency - Atlas Obscura
- WPS Sample obtained from @abnshark901 http://y.at/shark.ocean.scouts
- In The News:
- Democrats introduce bill to enact term limits for Supreme Court justices | The Hill
- House Republicans All Vote Against Neo-Nazi Probe of Military, Police (newsweek.com)
- Senate NDAA to Pentagon: ‘Immediately’ halt fight against extremism - Roll Call
- Matt Gaetz among 20 Republicans to vote no on anti-trafficking bill (usatoday.com)
- Kenly Town Council closed meeting on police resignations | Raleigh News & Observer (newsobserver.com)
- Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | Official Teaser - YouTube
- Black Entrepreneurship: Source of Knowledge Bookstore in Newark, NJ.
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