*Attorney Antonio Moore looks at the end of the several months-long Hollywood writers strike being announced and asks the question, “What does it mean for Black actors and writers in Hollywood?”
Moore gives his opinion that with recent Diversity and Inclusion decisions from the Supreme Court, this will be a death knell for many Blacks in Hollywood. Moore brings up the recent exodus of several prominent DEI heads after the SCOTUS decision as a flash point of what is to come.
In the article ‘Diversity Fatigue’? Hollywood Loses 4 DEI Leaders in Less Than 2 Weeks they stated: Disney’s chief diversity officer and senior vice president Latondra Newton, a six-year veteran, was the first of the four to go.
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On June 20, the company said that Newton was leaving to pursue “other endeavors.” Predictably, her exit was celebrated by a faction of people who blamed her for “The Little Mermaid’s “woke” casting of Black actress and singer Halle Bailey.
Her departure was followed by Wednesday’s announcement that Vernā Myers, Netflix’s head of inclusion strategy, will step down from the role in September. She was the first person to serve in the role, which she held for five years. She will remain as an advisor to Netflix as she focuses her attention to her consulting company, The Vernā Myers Company.
Friday — the day after the Supreme Court struck down Affirmative Action in education — brought a double departure with Warner Bros. Discovery ousting SVP of diversity, equity and inclusion Karen Horne, and the Academy parting ways with EVP of Impact and Inclusion Jeanell English. Horne joined WBD in March 2020, while English’s role was created by Academy CEO Bill Kramer in July 2022.
The question now is what will be the fall out and will the brunt impact of Hollywood contractions due to economics be felt by Black America?
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