Hollywood suffers from diversity fatigue because inclusive bosses step down

Hollywood suffers from "Diversity fatigue", say insiders after four leading inclusion managers have given up top -class positions within ten days.

The departures took place at three major studios and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

commentators in Hollywood said it showed "diversity tiredness" and led to complaints that the entertainment industry did not fully use inclusion guidelines.

All four excreting diversity executives were black women and Variety, the Bible of the entertainment industry, described the moment as "mass escape of black women from leading management positions in all of Hollywood".

actress Yvette Nicole Brown wrote on Twitter: "I guess all of these black boxes after the murder of George Floyd were free."

That was an allusion to the black squares that people and companies had posted on social media after the murder of George Floyd.

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among those who left the company was Latondra Newton, Disney's chief diversity officer.

Your task was to produce entertainment that "reflects a global audience and creates an inviting and integrative workplace for everyone".

in Disney's "The Little Mermaid", who came to cinemas last month, the black US singer Halle Bailey was seen as Princess Ariel, which underlines the efforts to promote diversity.

Ms. Newton decided to leave the studio to found her own company, and the studio thanked her for "inspired by countless actors and employees to bring about permanent changes and help to create a world in which we can all feel safe and to which we all belong".

in a memo to the employees, Disney said that a new diversity boss would be appointed and "would promote this important work".

But the series of departures led to the assumption that Hollywood generally attaches less importance to diversity.

"First on the chopping block"

Variety reported: "When companies strap the money belt closely, the [diversity, equity and inclusion] initiatives are often on the chopping block."

Jennifer Baker, moderator of the "Minorities in Publishing" podcast, wrote: "Without a clear plan for inclusion or investments, many of these roles are considered outdated because there was no clear intention to change."

The latest Hollywood Diversity Report of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) showed that the racial, ethnic and gender variety among film actors, directors and authors at cinema publications reached the level of 2019 again in 2022.

The report states: “The representation of women and colored people in the film industry has improved every time in the past three years.

"But in 2022 the variety in several key roles generally returned to the level of 2019."

When the film industry tried to win the cinema goers back after the pandemic, she was more based on productions in which white men played and directed the leading role, the report.

Ana-Christina Ramón, director of the UCLA department, which creates the diversity report, said: "The fear is that diversity is temporary in or could easily be painted in the cinema or streaming at any time."