Thread by @TruueDiscipline

By the mid 60s, minorities were portrayed more favorably than whites in films:

By group:

Minorities were portrayed more favorably even when they committed crimes:

authors theorize that this might be because minority violence may be presented as confronting racism:

Hollywood elites are to the left of other elites and the general public on social issues:

This is consistent with other research that finds that media portrays blacks in a positive light: washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-ca…

Also when reading this came across the Hays code. We hear about how backwards it was, but how many people know that it forbid "Willful offense to any nation, race or creed"

Excerpts from here. @BosqueAli amazon.com/Hollywoods-Ame…