psychicscubadiver said:
I'm doubtful of any statistics that just use 'minority' or 'poc' and 'white' without defining anything. Primarily, because many Hispanics consider themselves white and will declare themselves that way on the census and other forms. However, there's no way that report is correct in declaring white as 61% of the population unless they do not include any Hispanic population. Even worse, that report doesn't include any hard data in its appendix or even source the demographics data for its claims. They just declare 'these are the true and factual numbers' with no citation. Even if they gathered the data themselves it needs a detailed methodology in the appendix. |
You're going to make me read through actual sociology papers to argue that there are less minorities in film then there are in the population and it isn't proportional? Killin' me here.
Link to a review on the subject: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/soc4.12237
Relevant Quote:
"Of great concern to marginalized groups is the precise quantity that constitutes adequate representation in media. Numerical representation describes a social group’s presence or absence on-screen or behind-the-scenes, usually referring to the proportion of a particular occupation that the group occupies. Several studies described Hollywood as a predominantly White and male sphere, with women and racial/ethnic minorities being highly underrepresented with proportions well below their share of the US population (Bielby and Bielby 2002; Erigha 2014; Lauzen 2008; Lauzen 2009a; Lauzen 2009b; Lauzen 2012; Smith and Choueiti 2011a; Smith and Choueiti 2011b; Smith et al. 2014)."
And here's the references being used for that statement:
Bielby, Denise D. and William T. Bielby. 2002. ‘Hollywood Dreams, Harsh Realities: Writing for Film and Television.’
Contexts 1(4): 21–27.
Erigha, Maryann. 2014. Unequal Hollywood: African Americans, Women, and Representation in a Media Industry. PhD
dissertation, University of Pennsylvania.
Lauzen,MarthaM. 2008. Women@the Box Office: A Study of the Top 100Worldwide Grossing Films. San Diego, CA: Center
for the Study of Women in Television and Film.
Lauzen, Martha M. 2009a. IndependentWomen: Behind-the-Scenes Representation on Festival Films. San Diego, CA: Center for
the Study of Women in Television and Film.
Lauzen, Martha M. 2009b. The Celluloid Ceiling II: Production Design, Production Management, Sound Design, Key Grips, and
Gaffers. San Diego, CA: Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film.
Lauzen, Martha M. 2012. The Celluloid Ceiling: Behind-the-Scenes Employment of Women on the Top 250 Films of 2011.
San Diego, CA: Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film.
Smith, Stacy L. and Marc Choueiti. 2011a. “Black Characters in Popular Film: Is the Key toDiversifyingCinematic Content Held in the Hand of the Black Director?” Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, Los Angeles, CA.
Smith, Stacy L. and Marc Choueiti. 2011b. Gender in Cinematic Content? A Look at Females On Screen and Behind-the-Camera in
Top Grossing 2008 Films. Los Angeles, CA: Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.
Smith, Stacy, Marc Choueiti and Katherine Pieper. 2014. Race/Ethnicity in 600 Popular Films: Examining On Screen
Portrayals and Behind the Camera Diversity. Media, Diversity, & Social Change Initiative. Los Angeles, CA.
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