Creative Equity Toolkit

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Article

The Hashtag That Changed the Oscars: An Oral History

An article reflecting on the #OscarsSoWhite rewriting of the Hollywood film industry’s equity narrative, contrasted with its public identity crisis today; where the multicultural image it aspires to – eg. Oscars’ 2020 co-hosts, is undermined by the observable evidence – eg. 2020 nominees.

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  • 10 minute
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  • Published: 2020
    Country: USA

  • Author: Reggie Ugwu, New York Times

Research

The Impact of Diversity

Subtitled 'Understanding How Nonprofit Board Diversity Affects Philanthropy, Leadership, and Board Engagement', this research goes beyond stats, and measures the impact of board diversity on an organisation. In particular, it measures impact on organisational characteristics, advocacy and fundraising.

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  • 60 minute
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  • Published: 2018
    Country: USA

  • Author: Osili, Una ; Zarins, Sasha ; Bergdoll, Jonathan ; Kou, Xionan ; Grossnickle, Ted ; Schipp, Dan ; Canada, Andy ; Ardillo, Tim ; Ernst, Lee ; Knutson, Juli ; Coleman, Abigail ; Walker, Vernetta

Report

Screenshot of the title page of the report, has an adult and children close to mid shot of them holding a remote, they all look cosy and expectant, possibly about to watch something on a screen. The words 'The Inclusion Imperative: Why Media Representation Matters For Kids' Ethnic-Racial Development' is on the image.

The Inclusion Imperative: Why Media Representation Matters For Kids' Ethnic-Racial Development

A common sense media report authored by four academics with findings on how children make sense of, think about, and evaluate their own ethnicity-race (and the ethnicity-race of others) - and the effect of negative and positive media representations and depictions.

It uses evidence to chart a path towards understanding these influences - and concludes with general considerations for parents, media content developers and researchers.

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  • 30 minute
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  • Published: 2021
    Country: USA

  • Author: Onnie Rogers, Dana Mastro, Michael B. Robb, Alanna Peebles, Commonsensemedia.org

Article

A image still from The Unusual Suspects, where a Filipino woman with an expensive-looking bag, looking at an Anglo woman under a desk.

The Unusual Suspects: damaging for Filipino stories

Gloria Demillo writes about how not all representation is productive, and how damaging the impact of bad representation can be to a vulnerable group. The Unusual Suspects and its portrayal of Filipino domestic workers are harmful to ongoing work against worker abuse and exploitation.

Demillo argues that representation should come from community engagement, imploring creatives to consider: who is their real audience, and who should be telling the story?

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  • 8 minute
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  • Published: 2021
    Country: Australia

  • Author: Gloria Demillo

Article

Screenshot of the New Yorker website with an illustration of Audra McDonald

“Theatre Can’t Miss This Moment”: An Interview with Audra McDonald

US theatre legend Audra McDonald speak on theatre, race and colour-blind casting.

'There are so few directors of color...a lot of the trouble would be solved if you had other people of color in the room saying, “Well, this is why you’re getting blowback right now,” or “Just open your mind to this,” or “Why are we not telling more of these people’s—our people’s—stories?” You have no one in the room thinking about that, because they can have the privilege to not have to think about that'.

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  • 24 minute
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  • Published: 2020
    Country: USA

  • Author: Michael Schulman, The New Yorker

Article

Screenshot of the Conversation article showing an Aboriginal flag flying near Parliament House in Australia

‘Tokenised, silenced’: new research reveals Indigenous public servants’ experiences of racism

Australian research into the experiences of Indigenous people in the workplace and why there's a consistent lack of representation at leadership levels.

'A deeper understanding about what racism is and how race works is a good place to start. Non-Indigenous colleagues and managers must commit to anti-racist workplaces. This requires managers to act on reports of racism - the continued failure to do so makes them complicit in perpetuating white supremacy.'

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  • 5 minute
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  • Published: 2020
    Country: Australia

  • Author: Debbie Bargallie, The Conversation