Creative Equity Toolkit

From margins to mainstream: API representation in Hollywood

Research by McKinsey and Company acknowledges that API representation in film and television has increased in the past two decades but notes that more than two-thirds of API consumers are dissatisfied with the level of authenticity of their on-screen representation.

Gender and racial imbalance in orchestra repertoire growing worldwide

In this article for Limelight, Maddy Briggs highlights how orchestras appear to be moving further away from equal representation.

"Regrettably, our latest report reveals a missed opportunity. The overwhelming predominance of historical white male composers in programming is not just a reflection of past biases but a continued endorsement of them"

How TV Represents Moms

In collaboration with Mom's First, the Geena Davis Institute conducted a study that revealed a stark contrast between on-screen fiction and real-life diversity, challenges, and the invisible burdens mothers face. They developed a report alongside a toolkit of recommendations for television executives and producers, and writers.

"I Don’t Want to Be an ‘Accessory to a White Woman’s Journey"

Actor Kerry Washington explains in her memoir, “Thicker Than Water,” that she actively rejected playing the “white girl’s best friend” after starring in “Against the Ropes,” the 2004 boxing drama headlined by Meg Ryan and Omar Epps. Washington’s career continued with supporting roles, but ones she felt were far more fleshed out than just playing support to her white female co-star.