Black women in Hollywood have been working behind-the-scenes in TV writing rooms and on sets for decades. Now, more and more, they’re creating their own hit shows.
There are still a lot of barriers and obstacles for Black female creators and creators of color of all genders. For so long, there was such a disservice done to specifically writers, to writers of color, in terms of having to repeat levels. given entry, but then not mentored up the ladder, or given opportunities to continue to hone and develop their skills to get up the ladder. You then get up top and they’re always like, ‘Well, we want a Black female showrunner, but we can’t find one.
“When you look at what happened with #MeToo, yes, obviously there was a sexual component there. But to me, it was really just symptomatic of the larger power chasm and culture of the business overall. In the way that it was spoken about in #MeToo, it was about the sexualization of that power. But that power is still wielded in really dangerous and harmful ways that are not sexual, that are just about intimidation and manipulation and hazing people and playing games to keep people on their level.
"There’s a lot of emotional work and a lot of mental health work that I think this business requires. This is something we should all be talking about: What is it about this specific business in the way that we engage, talk, treat, lie, keep things quiet, Instagram things away that breeds this kind of energy where people can start to feel so isolated?"
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