Creative Equity Toolkit

‘The idea that it’s good business is a myth’ – why Hollywood whitewashing has become toxic

Analysis and examples of whitewashing in Hollywood, from Jake Gyllenhaal playing the lead in Prince of Persia to Tilda Swinton as a Himalayan mystic in Doctor Strange.

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.

The Limitations of an Anti-Racist Reading List

The author of ‘White Negroes', Lauren Michele Jackson, speaks about the limitations of the anti-racist reading list.

She says that instead of reading for genre, syntax, lyric, metaphor 'all these things that we talk about when we talk about white writers writing literature, it reinforces the idea that black writers are just a means for white people to be better at being white people and it turns us all into magical negros.’

The Meaning of The Lebs

Review of The Lebs by Michael Mohammed Ahmad, looking at the issue of white bias.

'how much does it really matter that there are more of us from minorities telling our stories, when they will almost always be judged through a white gaze anyway? A gaze that remains unwilling if not unable to admit to its own biases and that continues to see us through a distorted lens, even as it holds steadfast to its own pretensions of objectivity, merit and ‘quality’?'

The Model Ethical Funding Policy

A model ethical funding policy and practical checklist for NGOs that provides a process for determining whether to accept a donation of funds or other resources, and criteria to assess potential or perceived ethical concerns associated with prospective donations.