Viola Davis and 300 black artists write an open letter to Hollywood demanding a change

Over 300 Black artists and executives have come forward and signed an open letter to demand a systematic change in Hollywood with regards to racism and discrimination. This event has taken place in light of Black Lives Matter protest. Read on to kw more details about whole story:

Black artists call for a change in Hollywood 

Actor and activist Kendrick Sampson, who is kwn for Flash, Insecure, and How to Get Away With Murder, will be spearhead of this demonstration. letter se Black celebrities have signed is headlined as “Hollywood 4 Black Lives”. Viola Davis, Janelle Monáe, Michael B. Jordan, and many more have answered Sampson’s call for action, under his BLD PWR initiative, to prove that “Black Lives Matter to Hollywood”.

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letter to Hollywood: 

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Hollywood has privilege as a creative industry to imagine and create. We have significant influence over culture and politics. We have ability to use our influence to imagine and create a better world. Yet, historically and currently, Hollywood encours epidemic of police violence and culture of anti-Blackness.

lack of a true commitment to inclusion and institutional support has only reinforced Hollywood's legacy of white supremacy. This is t only in storytelling. It is cultural and systemic in Hollywood," it continues. "Our ncies, which often serve as industry gatekeepers, don't recruit, retain or support Black nts. Our unions don't consider or defend our specific, intersectional struggles. Unions are even worse for our below--line crew, especially for Black women. Hollywood studios and production companies that exploit and profit from our stories rarely have any senior-level Black executives with greenlighting power.

We kw se changes have power to change Black lives in America. It is time for Hollywood to ackwledge its role and take on responsibility of repairing dam and being a proactive part of change.

letter has five demands that state that re should be police on sets or events. It also states that re should be anti-black content. It states that Hollywood should invest in anti-racist content. It furr states that Hollywood should invest in Black people’s careers by giving m more power, financially, and support and invest in Black-owned businesses.

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