by Team Diaspora | Sep 7, 2022 | Featured, News, TV
You know those Muslim stereotypes that started with the creation of TV? Well, they still exist. A new study reveals that not only are Muslims — the fastest growing religion in the world — nearly absent from episodic content, they continue to be stereotyped...
by Dino-Ray Ramos | Aug 17, 2022 | Culture, Featured, News
The USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative has noticed that a lot of things are changing in the world — specifically issues revolving around reproductive rights, marriage equality, voting issues, interracial relationships, and gun violence. That said, they thought...
by Dino-Ray Ramos | Jul 14, 2022 | Culture, News
The USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative and Snap Inc. are teaming up for a partnership to provide funding and mentorship to a student filmmaker. The Snap Originals Annenberg Inclusion Award expands on the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative’s Accelerator program previously...
by Dino-Ray Ramos | Mar 14, 2022 | Culture, Featured, Film
Dr. Stacy L. Smith and the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative released a research brief titled “Inequality in 1,500 Popular films”. The title explains it all and resumes the Initiative’s annual look at gender and race/ethnicity of lead/co leads of...
by Dino-Ray Ramos | Feb 9, 2022 | Culture, Featured, Film
On Tuesday morning, the nominations for the 94th Academy Awards were announced. We had some opinions about the representation of people of color (or lack there of). #OscarsSoWhite aside, we would be remiss if we didn’t give shine to Jane Campion’s The...
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