Author: Glenn (Freedom of Movement) Robinson

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Racial diversity still lacking in Hollywood’s major films

 

“The numbers are troubling still in the prestigious Academy Awards. Only three black men have won awards in the Best Leading Actor category from 1958 to 2013, and only one black woman, Halle Berry in 2001 for her role in Monster’s Ball, has ever won the award for Best Leading Actress.

 

Despite the praise and success of these films, there is still a major problem in representation of black talent in Hollywood. The main issue is that they are casted for roles that are racially limiting in nature rather than what The Huffington Post’s Senior Editor Kia Makarechi calls “non-racially coded characters.” 12 Years, Fruitvale, Mandela, and The Butler demand black actors to fill in black roles.
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Community Village‘s insight:

 

The lack of racial diversity in Hollywood is more evidence of discrimination in employment, which in turn keeps those salaries out of the hands of people of color.

 

It’s 2014 now and it seems each ethnic group needs to create it’s own industry of careers in order to get full employment. But even then, it’s still the mass media and the big budget blockbusters where the bigger money is, so the discrimination and favoritism is a form of oppression.

 

@getgln

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Michael Eric Dyson, Professor of Sociology speaking at the Commonwealth Club of California 2009

 

“Michael Eric Dyson, Ph.D.; Professor of Sociology, Georgetown University; Author

Named one of the 100 most influential black Americans by Ebony magazine, Dyson touches on politics, the arts and the personal, including justice, poverty, faith and spirituality. Known as the hip-hop intellectual, he examines issues of class, race and poverty, and political strife. Join us for an enlightening discussion.

 

Moderator: Richard Thompson Ford, George E. Osborne Professor of Law, Stanford University; Author, The Race Card”

 

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

Now that Dr. Cornel West is not broadcasting weekly with Tavis Smiley, I went and found me some Dr. Michael Eric Dyson to listen to.

 

@getgln

 

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Making history: After three-year legal battle, first undocumented immigrant lawyer is sworn in

On Saturday, February 1, 2014, Sergio García was sworn in as the first undocumented immigrant lawyer. An important moment in history. Watch the moving video:

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

JewishNewsOne, no human is illegal. Drop the i-word.

 

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Latinas vastly underrepresented in elected offices

A new report by the group, LatinasRepresent shines a light on the underrepresentation of Latinas in elected offices. The data show that Latinas represent just 1 percent of elected officials nationwide…

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

2014 – “No Latina has ever been elected to the U.S. Senate”

 

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The Bay Area’s Faculty Student Mismatch

 

“Below is a glimpse of data on the representation and diversity (or lack thereof) of university professors relative to student demographics in San Francisco Bay Area campuses. The article, White professors still dominate Bay Area colleges as student bodies grow more diverse, gives a bit more context to the issue. Unfortunately, this phenomena is not unique to the Bay Area. For a scholarly and feminist perspective consider checking out, Presumed incompetent: The intersections of race and class for Women in academia.

 

A very important issue as the representation of students of color generally, and Chicano/Latinos in particular, continue to rise.”

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

Notice how the hiring of faculty is way out of proportion to the demographics of the student population. What do you think accounts for that?

Structural, institutionalized and personal favoritism?

Another way to look at this chart – if you combine the Asian and White groups together in the pie charts those groupings are then a fairly close match between the two columns of Faculty & Students.

 

Steven Riley, and others have mentioned that Asians are the next group that may likely ‘become white’ – in the way that Italians, Irish, Jewish, Middle Easterners and Egyptians have become culturally ‘white’ in the U.S. and on the census.

If you group Black and Latino groups together in the pie chart, the numbers also somewhat match between the faculty and students columns.

It’s also interesting to note that UC Berkeley is the only university to successfully hire a matching percentage of Black faculty compared to their student population.

@getgln

 

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