Diversity in top Hollywood films is significantly below that of the U.S. population, according to a new study by the University of Southern California’s
The study examined 3,932 actors who spoke at least one word in the 100 top-grossing films of 2013.
While black actors made up about 14% of casts in those in the films, compared to a population of 13% in the USA, 17% of the films surveyed did not have a single black speaking role. Moreover, half of the films in the study had a smaller percentage than the U.S. population, gleaning that films with predominantly black casts balanced out the movies with fewer black characters cast in them.
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