The New York Times published this infographic on September 11, 2020.
Who are these 25 people? Below is the name, company, and race/ethnicity of each. For a few I was unable to find specific ethnic details and had to classify them as generic whites.
- Paul Buccieri (A+E Networks Group) - White gentile
- Karey Burke (ABC) - Other white
- Jennifer Salke (Amazon Studios) - Other white
- Jamie Erlicht (Apple) - Other white
- Zack Van Amburg (Apple) - White gentile
- Kelly Kahl (CBS) - Other white
- David Stapf (CBS Television Studios) - White (no details available)
- Nancy Daniels (Discovery Channel) - White (no details available)
- Dana Walden (Disney Television Studios and ABC Entertainment) - Other white
- Charlie Collier (Fox) - Other white
- Kelly Campbell (Hulu) -White gentle
- Ted Sarandos (Netflix) - White gentile
- Jim Gianopulous (Paramount Pictures) - White gentile
- Tom Rothman (Sony Pictures Entertainment) - Other white
- Jeff Frost (Sony Pictures Television Studios) - Other white
- Kathleen Finch (TLC and HGTV) - White (no details available)
- Donna Langley (Universal Filmed Entertainment Group) - White gentile
- Alan Bergman (Walt Disney Studios) - Other white
- Alan Horn (Walt Disney Studios) - Other white
- Toby Emmerich (Warner Bros. Pictures Group) - Other white
- Peter Roth (Warner Bros. Television Group) - Other white
- Casey Bloys (WarnerMedia and HBO Max) - White gentile
- Wonya Lucas (Crown Media Family Networks) - Black
- Pearlena Igbokew (NBCUniversal Television Studios) - Black
- Jessica Rodriguez (Univision) - Hispanic
How systemically racist is this? Well, let's compare the racial/ethnic makeup of this group of top execs with that of the American population as a whole.
Take a look at the rightmost column. If the number is higher than 1, that group is overrepresented among top Hollywood and TV execs; if it is lower than 1, the group is underrepresented. In a fair world, one without systemic racism, every number would be exactly 1. What do we see instead? That the number for whites is 1.5 -- a whopping 50% higher than it would be in a fair world! Blacks, on the other hand, have a measly 0.7, showing that they are systematically excluded from positions of power in Hollywood.
It's an outrage! Why is no one talking about this?
