Exclusive: Is systemic racism still a thing?
The short answer is yes. And for the long answer, well, that’s something that Jason George and Todd Grinnell are unpacking in a video from Hollywood, Health & Society and USC Annenberg’s Norman Lear Center, which Deadline is debuting exclusively.
“[Racism is] still baked into our society, certainly on a personal level, but on a systemic level, these laws that were created after slavery was abolished to keep former slaves from being able to advance in society, were baked in to our systems, and still are there,” Kate Folb, director of Hollywood, Health & Society, told Deadline.
She revealed it took nearly a year to get the script right for the 9-minute video in which the two actors take viewers from the Civil War to modern day, illustrating how racism and the desire to protect slavery influenced the laws and systems that still control the United States today.
The short answer is yes. And for the long answer, well, that’s something that Jason George and Todd Grinnell are unpacking in a video from Hollywood, Health & Society and USC Annenberg’s Norman Lear Center, which Deadline is debuting exclusively.
“[Racism is] still baked into our society, certainly on a personal level, but on a systemic level, these laws that were created after slavery was abolished to keep former slaves from being able to advance in society, were baked in to our systems, and still are there,” Kate Folb, director of Hollywood, Health & Society, told Deadline.
She revealed it took nearly a year to get the script right for the 9-minute video in which the two actors take viewers from the Civil War to modern day, illustrating how racism and the desire to protect slavery influenced the laws and systems that still control the United States today.
- 9/11/2024
- by Katie Campione
- Deadline Film + TV
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Chris Evans misses playing Captain America.
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Remember Heelys? Remember when that kid showed up at your school rolling around on his shoes? Just me? In any event, Heelys are still very much a thing and the company has teamed up with Marvel to make a new line of shoes inspired by "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever." So, not only are they superhero shoes,...
In this edition of Superhero Bits:
"Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" is finally upon us.
An update on the status of "Constantine 2."
Chris Evans misses playing Captain America.
"Agatha: Coven of Chaos" begins filming very soon.
All that and more!
Cruise Around Like A Cool Kid On These Black Panther Heelys
Remember Heelys? Remember when that kid showed up at your school rolling around on his shoes? Just me? In any event, Heelys are still very much a thing and the company has teamed up with Marvel to make a new line of shoes inspired by "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever." So, not only are they superhero shoes,...
- 11/10/2022
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
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In this edition of Superhero Bits:
Work begins on "Avengers: The Kang Dynasty" soon.
A recent "Black Adam" trailer had to be re-edited.
"Ms. Marvel" director stirs up talk of a second season.
The casting process for "Fantastic Four" looks to be getting underway.
All that and more!
Happy Anniversary To This Priceless Hawkeye Moment
Matt Fraction and David Aja's run on "Hawkeye" in the pages of Marvel Comics is truly a wonderful thing and, a full decade later, it remains one of the best things to come about from the publisher in relatively recent memory. Aja recently reminisced about the...
In this edition of Superhero Bits:
Work begins on "Avengers: The Kang Dynasty" soon.
A recent "Black Adam" trailer had to be re-edited.
"Ms. Marvel" director stirs up talk of a second season.
The casting process for "Fantastic Four" looks to be getting underway.
All that and more!
Happy Anniversary To This Priceless Hawkeye Moment
Matt Fraction and David Aja's run on "Hawkeye" in the pages of Marvel Comics is truly a wonderful thing and, a full decade later, it remains one of the best things to come about from the publisher in relatively recent memory. Aja recently reminisced about the...
- 9/22/2022
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
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