Can racism exist with a desire to keep those of said race at a disadvantage?
Someone I know posted: Colbert might be a good fit to replace Letterman.
One of her friends posted, "Its time for a woman to have a network late night show."
I replied with, "Why not just the best person regardless of race, sex and/or creed"?
She replied with the following:
everyone involved in the 250 top grossing films produced, 16% were women. That includes employees. "Also 2013, women made up all of 15% of protagonists. Another study by the Center of the Study of Women in Television and Film. They made up 30 percent of all speaking characters. Female characters were more likely to be young, more likely to have an identifiable marital status, less likely to have identifiable goals and less likely “to be portrayed as leaders of any kind.” Like the numbers on female employment in Hollywood, there seems to be little positive progression for female characters."
So, is it sexism by Hollywood since 30% of speaking characters are women? (I don't care if these totals are correct, I'm not curious about that.)
Is it sexism/sexist when female characters don't have identifiable goals?
So, the question comes around again: Does there have to be a conscious effort the part of Hollywood to keep women down for there to be sexism?
Now, I'm not saying that the above stats (if true) are acceptable to me, or they aren't acceptable to me.
I remember hearing about the lack of black/African-american coaches in the NFL and how that was a problem for some.
Is that racism on the part of the NFL? I highly doubt the NFL is trying to keep black/African-americans out of coaching jobs. That being said, is it racism?
Yes, there could be an institutionalization of some beliefs where the effects of feelings and behaviors of the past could still have an impact today:
if these behaviors are conscious, that should qualify as an "ism/ist"
if these practices/behaviors are latent/subconscious does that qualify as "ism/ist"?
I'm sure I could cite more examples, but I think (I hope!) you see where I'm going.
Someone I know posted: Colbert might be a good fit to replace Letterman.
One of her friends posted, "Its time for a woman to have a network late night show."
I replied with, "Why not just the best person regardless of race, sex and/or creed"?
She replied with the following:
everyone involved in the 250 top grossing films produced, 16% were women. That includes employees. "Also 2013, women made up all of 15% of protagonists. Another study by the Center of the Study of Women in Television and Film. They made up 30 percent of all speaking characters. Female characters were more likely to be young, more likely to have an identifiable marital status, less likely to have identifiable goals and less likely “to be portrayed as leaders of any kind.” Like the numbers on female employment in Hollywood, there seems to be little positive progression for female characters."
So, is it sexism by Hollywood since 30% of speaking characters are women? (I don't care if these totals are correct, I'm not curious about that.)
Is it sexism/sexist when female characters don't have identifiable goals?
So, the question comes around again: Does there have to be a conscious effort the part of Hollywood to keep women down for there to be sexism?
Now, I'm not saying that the above stats (if true) are acceptable to me, or they aren't acceptable to me.
I remember hearing about the lack of black/African-american coaches in the NFL and how that was a problem for some.
Is that racism on the part of the NFL? I highly doubt the NFL is trying to keep black/African-americans out of coaching jobs. That being said, is it racism?
Yes, there could be an institutionalization of some beliefs where the effects of feelings and behaviors of the past could still have an impact today:
if these behaviors are conscious, that should qualify as an "ism/ist"
if these practices/behaviors are latent/subconscious does that qualify as "ism/ist"?
I'm sure I could cite more examples, but I think (I hope!) you see where I'm going.
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