The Mary Sue: Within the entertainment industry, being a woman of color can be a tricky thing. When people talk “inclusion” they often talk about including “women” and “people of color,” as if those are always two separate categories. As if there aren’t women who identify as both. And so what ends up happening in practice is “diversity hires” being granted to either men of color, or white women, with women of color too often getting lost in the shuffle. Producer Cheryl L. Bedford is looking to flip that script.
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