Shonda Rhimes is the latest member of Hollywood to speak about film and TV’s diversity problem, explaining that there’s nothing “trailblazing” about putting people of color on TV and in movies.
While accepting the Norman Lear Achievement Award at the Producers Guild Awards in Los Angeles this weekend, Rhimes spoke about her work and why it’s so easy for her to include a diverse cast of characters in all her shows.
“It’s not trailblazing to write the world as it actually is,” she said. “Women are smart and strong. They are not sex toys or damsels in distress. People of color are not sassy or dangerous or wise. And, believe me, people of color are never anybody’s sidekick in real life.”
The “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Scandal” producer added that when it comes to her hit shows, she just “created the content that I wanted to see and I created what I know is normal.”
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