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Native representation in mainstream media is dismal. Native Americans make up less that 1/10 of 1% of all ppl depicted in movies, TV and music. We hold less than half of 1% of media jobs in the U.S.
When @crookedmedia brought me on to make #ThisLand, they took a risk. As a writer, I’d never made a podcast before, never even worked in radio. The story of #ThisLand wasn’t a proven genre—bc Native stories are almost never told.
But thats how you actually achieve diversity in media. By investing in the stories and the story tellers that aren’t established or proven. That aren’t on trend.
Audiences are ready for our stories, it’s the industry that needs to catch up.
Audiences are ready for our stories, it’s the industry that needs to catch up.
Wado @crookedmedia for this opportunity & I hope it creates space for more Native story telling.
@muktamohan @jonfavs @TVietor08 @jonlovett
@muktamohan @jonfavs @TVietor08 @jonlovett
& If you haven’t listened already you can now BINGE the entire season of #ThisLand wherever you get your pods!
