Working in Hollywood if You're Not a Straight White Man

I stumbled across this NYTimes article yesterday, titled "What It's Really Like to Work in Hollywood If You're not a Straight White Man."

In the story, Melena Ryzik interviews several non-white men and women about their experiences working in Hollywood. Ryzik tackles the misrepresentation of minorities in the media, specifically in movies. In class, we discussed the fact that the large majority of directors/producers are white men. As a result, the stories being told in movies are from the same perspective each time. The article touches on that specific issue from Eva Longoria's directing point of view. She explains in the NYTimes article that when she does something great, people are "pleasantly surprised," just because she's a woman. Even though her skills are just as great as any male director, people have lower expectations for her. So, when she proves to be just as talented as any man, people are shocked.

The article has several great examples like this of misrepresentation of minorities in the media, which are extremely relevant to our class discussions. The article can be found here:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/02/24/arts/hollywood-diversity-inclusion.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0