For true change to happen we need film schools to
see women and people of color leading classes.
Not exact matches
«
Women and people of color aren't given the chance to fail because it's like, «Oh,
see, that's what happened.»»
She's also not afraid to call out large dating sites for their lack
of concern about the online dating experiences
of women,
people of color,
and other minorities,
and she's most definitely not afraid to speak up about wanting to
see changes now.
«Insurgent» also has one
of the most diverse casts
seen in a blockbuster film, with
women and people of color playing roles both central
and peripheral.
There's been lots
of talk about the underrepresentation
of women and people of color as directors in the entertainment industry as a whole (
see the NYT Sunday cover magazine issue, the Forbes article, the Variety article about the 7 % statistic, Jennifer Lawrence speaking out, etc)
and specifically about the underrepresentation
of women in the major categories at the Oscars but there is no public discourse about this also being a pervasive problem in the documentary category, this despite the fact that in the past 20 years only one female director (Laura Poitras)
and one female co-director (Zana Briski) won in the Best Documentary Feature category.
This single moment in cinema reflects the current world
of STEM, only small moments where you
see people of color (especially
women) as leaders
and game changers in the field.
«If you don't have visual images
of Dr. Mae Jemison, who is an African - American M.D.
and astronaut,
and if you just have only white male scientists
and mathematicians — everyone, regardless
of ethnicity
and / or gender, will devalue,
and will say, «
Women can't do that» or «
People of color can't do that,» because, symbolically, that's what they
see.»
We are especially interested in
seeing more submissions from
people of backgrounds that have been historically underrepresented or excluded from traditional publishing, including, but not limited to,
women,
people of color, LGBTQIA
and non-binary gender
people,
persons with disabilities, members
of religious minorities,
and people from outside the United States.
For me, the drive is the desire to
see archetypes that I can relate to as a
woman, as an American,
and as a
person of color.
«The current situation at Artforum should be
seen as part
of a much larger structural problem in which
women,
people of color, queer
and gender non-conforming
people,
and others are routinely subjected to behaviors they have been forced to accept at the risk
of their own careers
and livelihoods.»
This shift reflects a new emphasis on correcting the blind spots
and biases
of the past; the purported universality
of the white male artist's perspective is no longer a given, but is now
seen as a form
of oppressive hegemony, obscuring the contributions
and innovations
of women,
people of color,
and artists working outside Western art - world centers.
She had
seen an exhibition in New York that included men
of color and women —
people whose works are rarely
seen in Ab - Ex exhibitions.
As could be expected, since current interests have been shifting more
and more towards themes
of discrimination, also at Frieze we
see a better representation
of certain categories — or rather, a shift from «a certain kind»
of representation
of women and people of color (if any) to a representation that hints to a reclaim
of power from these groups.
As more
and more employers begin to
see that diversity is good for their brands, their overall performance,
and their corporate cultures, they are taking more interest in how their organizations treat
people of color, LGBTQ +
people,
and women.