A decade after her groundbreaking HBO series Insecure premiered, Issa Rae sees the industry backsliding into a lack of diversity.
The 3x Golden Globe nominee explained that “Hollywood is in an identity crisis right now,” citing a pivot to social media creators and away from meaningful storytellers as she detailed how hard it is to get something made as a woman of color.
“I started Awkward Black Girl because there was a dearth of representation in the industry, and it felt like this was my opportunity to put an archetype into the space that didn’t exist at the time,” she explained to The Wrap during a recent panel.
“And now, even after so much progress, we’re kind of back to limited representation and having to stake claim of our stories,” added Rae. “We’re back where we started, in a way, but wiser.”
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