According to a just released study from the Annenberg School for Communication at USC, entitled the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, the diversity of movies from 2007 to 2022 changed little over that 16-year period.
The percentage of nonwhite speaking characters of every race and ethnicity, except Asians, was essentially unchanged. Asians, however, went from 3.4% to 15.9% over the period. Non-white characters remained at 38% compared to 41% of the overall U.S. population.
Women comprised 34% of speaking roles. There were no films in the top 100 films that included a Native American female role.
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Overall, the Annenberg study indicated that there was no improvement in the use of non-whites characters with the exception of Asian characters. The LGBTQ+ characters in films has remained unchanged since 2014 at 2%. Disabled characters were also unchanged at 1.9% of speaking roles.
CMG's Takeaway
People reflect themselves in their work. Most script writers and directors are white males and so this is reflected in their work. It's what they know. It's what they experience. The use of non-white speaking characters vs. overall population is 38% vs. 41% - so the difference isn't that significant. In summary, there has been some diversity movement to the extent that it is almost at parity with population data.
By: Jim Lavorato
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