1.3 Racial Diversity It would be completely incorrect to assume that the problem with female representation has been resolved. One cannot be supportive of feminism if it is only seen in one dominant ethnicity. The casual racism that often appears on the Hollywood screen is not only politically incorrect but also unsupportive of female empowerment. This “narcissistic centrality of white, masculine, middle class identity” dominating the cinema is dejectedly still prominent today (Pajaczkowska & Young, Kaplan, 2000, p.359). Although there is a definite improvement with racial diversity, it is clear that the caucasian man and woman monopolise the scene. As said by Tasker “gender and race are important elements within the genre’s articulation of
