Though I want to be careful about the "we can't do anything unless we do everything" fallacy.
That is, yes, Hollywood's institutional racism flows out of and is supported by the institutional racism of our overall culture, which itself flows out of our overtly racist history. And yes, we have a hard time grappling with that and mostly don't try, and a lot of things just don't come clear unless we do.
But ya gotta start somewhere, and Hollywood is a visible place, and not a bad starting point, really. Of course there are a dozen other starting points just as good or better, and there's no reason to pick just one. Problems generally flow out, but solutions often flow in.
'course, all of that's easy for me to say, as a white guy.
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Date: 2009-11-20 03:05 pm (UTC)Though I want to be careful about the "we can't do anything unless we do everything" fallacy.
That is, yes, Hollywood's institutional racism flows out of and is supported by the institutional racism of our overall culture, which itself flows out of our overtly racist history. And yes, we have a hard time grappling with that and mostly don't try, and a lot of things just don't come clear unless we do.
But ya gotta start somewhere, and Hollywood is a visible place, and not a bad starting point, really. Of course there are a dozen other starting points just as good or better, and there's no reason to pick just one. Problems generally flow out, but solutions often flow in.
'course, all of that's easy for me to say, as a white guy.