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ACTING Like Things Have Changed: The End of Hollywood's "Diversity" Era
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ACTING Like Things Have Changed: The End of Hollywood's "Diversity" Era

I'm a film student working with the next generation of the world's filmmakers - and the diversity in the arts people of color are consistently promised is not present.

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Oct 05, 2021
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Netflix celebration of the 73rd Emmy Awards September 19, 2021, in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for Netflix)

Hi.

I’m Kendi.

I am a film student at one of the top film schools in the world centered in New York City, one of the most diverse cities in the world. 

Yet despite all of that, I am the only person of color in t…

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