2015 Hollywood Diversity Report Released by UCLA's Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies– Confirms What We Already Know (That Diversity Still Has A Long Way To Go in Hollywood)

Hollywood's racial and gender diversity is increasing. But it's not increasing quickly enough, says Darnell Hunt, lead author of the second annual Hollywood Diversity Report by UCLA's Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies, which was released Thursday, February 25, 2015. "Hollywood is not progressing at the same rate as America is diversifying," says Hunt, the center's director and a sociology professor. The U.S. population is about 40 percent minority and slightly more than half female, but, in news to no one, women and minorities are represented onscreen and behind the camera in drastically lesser proportions, the study indicates.  

The problem isn't audiences: During the years the study surveys — 2012 and 2013 — viewers preferred films and television shows with moderately diverse casts, according to Nielsen ratings and box-office reports. "Audiences, regardless of their race, are clamoring for more diverse content," says co-author Ana-Christina Ramón.

Check out the rest of Austin Siegemund-Broka's article in The Hollywood Reporter by clicking here. To read the UCLA Bunche Center report, titled 2015 Hollywood Diversity Report: Flipping The Script, click here.