“Black Panther,” “Coco,” and “Wonder Woman” are breaking barriers, putting women and minority characters front and center.
A new YouGov survey, however, finds that most Americans still believe there are not enough film roles for women and people of color.The survey of 1,220 adults found that 37% of respondents believed women had enough roles available, just two percentage points more than people who believed blacks had enough parts available.
The rate dropped to 23%, 21%, and 18% for those who believed there were enough roles available for Latinos, Asians, and Lgbtq people, respectively.On-screen representations of minorities, the survey found, are sometimes inauthentic depending on whom you asked.
Nearly half of black respondents (46%) said on-screen representation of black characters were inauthentic, about twice the rate of the respondents overall.Over a third of Latino respondents believed Latino characters are portrayed inauthentically, compared with 26% of respondents overall.According to the survey, minority filmgoers said characters
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