UCLA Study: Minority Actors Can Sue

Backstage: "Most minority actors in Hollywood realize that screenwriters don't create enough roles for their type. But a UCLA study released in December 2006 argues that, though 69 percent of roles were reserved for white actors, minority actors have an option to improve their job prospects by suing the entertainment industry for violating their rights under Title VII, the equal employment opportunity clause of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. But whether actors will have the guts to sue for discrimination and risk damaging their careers remains to be determined."