Ava DuVernay is on her way to making history once again. According to The Wrap, the Selma director is the number one choice to direct one of Marvel’s new diverse superhero films. The franchise is in talks with DuVernay to helm either Black Panther or Captain Marvel. She will more than likely be tapped for Black Panther, which is slated for an earlier July […]
*As the world knows, all of this year’s Oscar nominees were white. There’s been a lot of talk about the situation which highlights Hollywood’s ongoing problem with diversity, or lack there of. Well, it should come as no surprise that activists like Najee Ali and Rev. K.W. Tulloss and activist organization, the National Action Network, […]
Ava Duvernay, whom many feel was snubbed for a Best Director nomination at this year’s Academy Awards, said that she would like to stop discussing the lack of diversity of this year’s Oscars. SEE ALSO: Ava Duvernay Will Direct And Produce CBS Pilot The director of “Selma,” which received a Best Picture nod, told The New […]
If you were in control of a city government under siege with charges of racial profiling, police brutality and totalitarian administration, don’t you think you’d…
If you’re looking for people of color in your summer sci-fi blockbuster, you’ll be waiting for a long time. A new infographic form Lee &…
There’s a growing racial gap between students and their teachers. On the eve of the 60th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education…
A group of Black law students at Washington and Lee University are demanding that the school’s administration publicly denounce its Confederate past and distance the…
Western Washington University President Bruce Shepard (pictured center) is drawing conservative ire for resurfacing comments he made about school diversity using the word White, according to…
Jerry Seinfeld, Nicole Byer *In a recent interview, it was pointed out to Jerry Seinfeld that his Crackle series “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee,” which has the standup comic interviewing fellow comedians as he chauffeurs them to various coffee spots, has had just two black guests in its three seasons. (Chris Rock and Mario Joyner) […]
Shonda Rhimes has mixed feelings about the Diversity Award she received at the Directors Guild of America Awards on Saturday. During her acceptance speech, the “Scandal” mastermind questioned the need for diversity award and said she was a “little pissed off” about it. “When I heard I was getting an award I was really, truly, profoundly […]
For the last couple of years, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has been accused of having lack of diversity. Now the students ,…
*Civil rights group ColorofChange.org is asking “Saturday Night Live” creator Lorne Michaels to address the show’s lack of black female cast members and has penned a letter to Michaels and the NBC show’s producers, according to The Hollywood Reporter. “Since Maya Rudolph’s departure in 2007, SNL has failed to cast even one black woman […]