Diversity gives an opportunity within the industrial to other minorities and racial groups.
Answer or respond to one of the following PROMPT as a base to create an argument that either agrees upon or refutes the statement made. include: 2 source materials, 1 course reading, 1 external research source
All this talk about diversity! Ughhhhh, why does it matter for movies? It’s just entertainment and besides the Fast and the Furious franchise is proof of diversity in cinema!
4 sources given with pre-picked quotes to argue that diversity on screen and off matters. Pick one quote for each source. 850-950 words, 1-2 pages 1pg. min, MLA format, 1.5 space
Diversity gives an opportunity within the industrial to other minorities and racial groups.
(1)Quote: In addition, their report titled “Inclusion in the Director’s Chair” saw an strong increase in black directors who helmed movies in the 100 top-grossing films of 2018.
(1)Quote: Another study, titled “Behind the Scenes: The State of Inclusion and Equity in TV Writing,” delved into the treatment of diverse writers in film and TV — and the findings were not great. It found that diverse writers that manage to get their foot in the door are often isolated, relegated to lower levels where they have little power to contribute, and have little say in casting in order to improve on-screen representation.
It’s not just about diversity on screen but behind the screen as well
(1)Quote: The biggest Globes snub was Ava DuVernay’s critically acclaimed When They See Us. The Netflix limited series based on the Exonerated Five received no nominations despite its cultural impact.
Source Material 1 https://deadline.com/2020/01/hollywood-diversity-2009-strides-film-tv-representation-inclusion-1202817299/
diversity is important because it shows the young generation that it is possible to pursue cinema as a career, that they have that option as well.
(2)Quote: Taika Waititi, who won for Best Adapted Screenplay (Jojo Rabbit), said his win was “for all the indigenous kids of the world who want to do art and dance and write stories. We are the original storytellers and we can make it here, as well”
Source Material 2 https://remezcla.com/features/film/2020-academy-awards-latino-highlights/
Diversity on screen and behind scenes breaks down stereotypes
(3) Quote: One way to read a stereotype is as a negative mirror of dominant values. To be sure, the sloppy, greasy appearance of el bandido in any number of Hollywood westerns, coupled with his nearly psychotic savagery and immorality, reflects poorly on Mexicans and Mexican Americans. But this stereotype—standing in sharp contrast to the Anglo hero—has another effect: it reinforces the cleanliness, sobriety, sanity, overall decency and Ymoral rectitude of the WASP in the white hat. By extension, then, stereotypes identify, justify, and support mainstream (anglo) beliefs (Lippmann, 1941, p. 95
(3) Quote: As Wilson and Gutierrez (1985) have noted, minorities are typically represented as irrational, prone to violence, lacking in intellectual sophistication, oversexed, morally lax, and dirty.
(3) Once minority representations are seen and understood for what they are, the invisible architecture of the dominant-dominated “arrangement” is exposed and there is a chance for a structural “rearrangement.”
Reading Source 3 “stereotyping in films in general and of the Hispanic in particular”
by Charles Ramfrez Berg
(4) Quote: “First, whether intentionally or unintentionally, both the news and the entertainment media ‘teach’ the public about minorities, other ethnic groups and societal groups, such as women, gays, and the elderly,” Cortes wrote. “Second, this mass media curriculum has a particularly powerful educational impact on people who have little or no direct contact with members of the groups being treated.”
External source 4The Children Are Watching: How the Media Teach About Diversity
