And a grand total of 0 Hispanics, while we’re making a list.
A leading conference entitled "The Future of the Media." Nearly 100 speakers. 0 Black Women None. Whose future is this? Whose dream is this? https://ignition2017.splashthat.com/ pic.twitter.com/8qiTeZIiaZ
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Denise Bidot is Latina
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My apologies, I overlooked the one (half)Puerto Rican female on the list.
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I'm not trying to excuse them but it's also important to not minimize or marginalize other people's identities just because they are "half."
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Agreed. My daughters are 1/2
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but largely identify as Boricua so I def get that. Was meant far more so as mocking their list.
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Black women are busy paving and creating their own FUTURE!!
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Shaun I usually love your posts but this one is... I mean.. They're no Chinese or Indian people there neither are they're Arabs. This is the problem with America..
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Black people and inclusion.. should it be everything? Like.. Can't random people organise themselves without first counting how many black people they have amongst them? You're sure they specifically left out the black women you much wish you saw?
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It's exhausting, frustrating,maddeningly lame. Yes, it seems Hollywood can only support woman of color if they are young and hot and silent or well behaved as tokens in ensemble casts and never in TRUE leadership.
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except "Viola Davis" she is a leader and starring in a show why isn't she added?
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80 Speakers--numerically: 47 White Men, 25 White Women, 3 Asian Men, 3 Asian Women, 2 Black Men, 0 Black Women, 0 Latino Men, 0 Latina Women.
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Thanks for the breakdown! And also, oof. Those numbers
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0 Asians and Native Americans
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Definitely not excusing this pitiful speaker list, but to be fair there are 6 Asians that I can see. 0 Natives. Sigh.
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We need our own!!! I'm tired of begging...when we are the most talented.
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I think your message would reach further if you could cite black women who were passed over. We need you to be better than
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That is terrible. The future will be more diverse, and this kind of exclusion will only speed up the process.
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