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| Last Edit: singleticket 11:24 am EDT 07/16/23 | |
| Posted by: singleticket 11:13 am EDT 07/16/23 | |
| In reply to: re: The Public is laying off 19% of the staff - AnObserver 10:07 am EDT 07/16/23 | |
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| Probably not because DEI's mission is interwoven into The Public's own mission, unlike the entertainment companies in the article you posted lower down about the DEI staffers' mass exit in Hollywood. The main complaint of the black women who were interviewed who were leaving their posts is that the entertainment industry wasn't allowing them to work on long term changes and probably wanted only immediate cosmetic changes: Virtue Signaling rather than structural change. I'm posting another article below from Variety about the mass exit of black female executives which says this: Now that affirmative action in college admissions has been struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court, there are parallel concerns that companies may be emboldened to abandon hiring initiatives aimed at recruiting employees from underrepresented communities. That would be illegal or at least unethical? Tell that to Judge Clarence Thomas. There are a lot of crises going on in the world at the moment and the theater if it's a part of the world will reflect them. |
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| Link | Black Women Executives Are Exiting Studio Leadership Posts and Hollywood’s Doing Nothing About It |
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| re: The Public is laying off 19% of the | |
| Posted by: AnObserver 10:08 pm EDT 07/16/23 | |
| In reply to: re: The Public is laying off 19% of the staff - singleticket 11:13 am EDT 07/16/23 | |
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| It's my understanding from a friend in LA that one of the reasons, not mentioned in the Variety article and other articles, DEI is closing up shop in Hollywood is because some powerful filmmakers (directors?) are tired of being told who they can cast and hire, and who they can't. (I realize Hollywood is shut down for now.) Will Broadway and other theater communities defy "We See You White American Theatre"? And read the recent NYT opinion piece by Black dancer Gabe Stone Shayer about what he calls "hollow" initiatives. | |
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| re: The Public is laying off 19% of the | |
| Last Edit: singleticket 08:18 am EDT 07/17/23 | |
| Posted by: singleticket 08:17 am EDT 07/17/23 | |
| In reply to: re: The Public is laying off 19% of the - AnObserver 10:08 pm EDT 07/16/23 | |
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| I only skimmed the Gabe Stone Shayer opinion piece when it came out. There's only so much grievance I can read in a week, even if I agree with it. As for the DEI exits in the entertainment industry, the takeaway for me was that the entertainment companies (even if they believe in the goals of DEI which is doubtful) are so focused on short term goals and profits that the implementation of anything long term is beyond them. The DEI staffers didn't want to be reduced to PR flacks telling lies about the anti-racist bona fides of their companies. But yes, it's possible some of those companies had powerful employees who were sick and tired of someone telling them they needed to think about racial parity in their next installment of the Marvel Universe. |
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| Posted by: ryhog 11:09 pm EDT 07/16/23 | |
| In reply to: re: The Public is laying off 19% of the - AnObserver 10:08 pm EDT 07/16/23 | |
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