Thread by @cindygallop

You're idiots, white Hollywood. '@McKinsey's study concluded that America’s film industry is the country’s least diverse business sector and that its systemic anti-Black biases cost it at least $10 billion in annual revenue.' @franklinleonard @nytopinion nytimes.com/2021/04/24/opi…

'Black content is undervalued, underdistributed and underfunded, @mckinsey's analysis found. It also found that Black talent has been systematically shut out of creator, producer, director and writer positions.' @franklinleonard @nytopinion nytimes.com/2021/04/24/opi… #Racism

'That is despite the fact that films with two or more Black people working in those roles made 10 percent more at the box office per dollar invested than films with no or only one Black person in those capacities.' @franklinleonard @nytopinion nytimes.com/2021/04/24/opi… #Racism

'Black people in Hollywood simply want to write, direct, produce, perform, photograph, negotiate, design and do hair and makeup for film and television, then profit from their labor in a manner that isn’t limited by the fact that they happen to be Black.' nytimes.com/2021/04/24/opi…

'Reversing the industry’s systemic racism is an extraordinary business opportunity — one that would benefit not just Black Hollywood, but all of Hollywood.'
@franklinleonard @nytopinion nytimes.com/2021/04/24/opi… #DiversityAndInclusion #ChangeTheRatio

'Without paying @McKinsey a penny, the film industry can reclaim at least $10 billion in annual revenue, simply by addressing irrational, anti-Black market inefficiencies.'
@franklinleonard @nytopinion nytimes.com/2021/04/24/opi… #DiversityandInclusion #ChangetheRatio

'@McKinsey also argues there’s an even greater windfall to be had by addressing all the other market inefficiencies that stem from locking out other people according to race, gender, sexuality or disability.' @franklinleonard @nytopinion nytimes.com/2021/04/24/opi… #ChangeTheRatio

'Inclusion isn’t expensive. Exclusion is. How much longer will corporate boards and shareholders tolerate the suboptimal, almost laughable, financial outcomes driven by a whitewashed status quo?' @franklinleonard @nytopinion nytimes.com/2021/04/24/opi… #DiversityAndInclusion