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pilot season's
lack of diversity

By: Lauren Gill

Thirty-five new prime time television shows will be showing on the major networks in the fall and the lack of diversity and reinforcement of typical stereotypes is fairly startling.  In The New TV Season, One Stereotype at a Time, Mike Hale points out only two of the 35 shows that will be premiering have minority actors as their main leads.  His New York Times blog goes on to chronicle the featuring of black and Hispanic actors only in violent crime shows, the use of minority actors to play bosses and sidekicks but rarely leads, and the lack of women headlining shows.  Something as culturally influential as television should reflect the diversity of the actual population in the United States. As we work for cultural renewal in the entertainment field, a push should be made for representation in the industry that is more encompassing of the diversity of God’s kingdom.