Diversity In Hollywood Movies

When thinking of America and all the opportunity that it is known for, most usually tend to think about Hollywood. The land of show-business and endless opportunities that allow them to be a part of the spotlight. With this idea, we also like to carry that everyone’s opportunity is parallel. Unfortunately, this might show to be false. In short, Hollywood seems to have a linear approach on how they go about their production, to be blunt, Hollywood has a massive issue with its diversity within itself. Now this is not to say that Hollywood is not at all diverse. Not at all. When looking at its past state, we can actually see a gradual change in its diversity. However, it seems to be coming to a halt.
When looking at the movies and shows that are …show more content…
Anyone who watches movies and shows on a normal basis can tell you that they highly depend on stereotypes, prejudice, and flat out racism (not as much as the previous two) to reach a bigger viewer base and get a sense of reality within their films. Although real life may carry racism, prejudice, and stereotypes, excessively portraying them on the big screens will only result in the expansion of those ideologies within our communities. This issue can take a very sharp turn however, although I am stating that bringing these ideologies to the screens will only cause issues for us, some movies do in fact use these ideas to show how racism and prejudice are corrupting our society. These movies/shows are the very few exceptions. Continuing with the issue, we can see how this might cause those ideas to grow exponentially when watching those movies. Kids for instances cannot tell the difference between what is just being done for a bigger viewer base and reality. So, a child watching movies produced by Hollywood might be prone to also carrying those ideologies as they grow up. This can result in kids growing up to be adults with those beliefs about 1.) Their own race/ethnicity or 2.) Others races/ethnicity. Either of which will lead to a problem for themselves and for the community that they are …show more content…
However, we still have more than just race to bring awareness to. Sexual orientation is one of the most understated topic that is not being well cared for. Same-sex marriage law passed in 2015, with it must come the administration and enforcement of their right and safety. Although the safety aspect might not be as tested, however the lack of diversification surely tests their right to having equal opportunity. Hollywood has come to address this in some way or another. They have managed to put in a lot homosexual people in their movies and shows, although reasoning is irrelevant, the action itself is highly being