The tech industry grapples with hate speech
Since last week’s Charlottesville protest against neo-Nazis/White supremacists, the tech industry’s been grappling with how to deal with hate speech.
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Sources of stock photos featuring people of color
Those looking for stock images featuring people of color aren’t out of luck. Here’s a list of several websites featuring such, both free and for sale.
Marvel exec blames lackluster comic sales on “diversity”; all evidence says otherwise
Are Marvel comic diversity attempts the reason to blame for its slumping sales? Or is it, well, actual more logical reasons? (One guess which.)
Snapchat’s filter problems are *why* diversity in tech matters
Snapchat’s made some racially insensitive blunders with its filters not once, but twice, this year. An example of why the tech industry needs diverse staff?
Diversity at cable news networks still low
Recently, an African-American host of an MSNBC show, Melissa Harris-Perry, left the network. Harris-Perry stated that her air time had been increasingly scaled back, and that the network wasn’t giving enough support for her show or minority visibility. Harris-Perry also gave another interview discussing all of this on a BuzzFeed podcast. Some like Salon have accused MSNBC … Read more
The 2016 Oscar nominees in animation (and diversity issues *again*)
It’s time once again to look at the 2016 Academy Award nominees for animation. Best Animated Feature Anomalisa Boy and the World Inside Out Shaun the Sheep Movie When Marnie Was There Best Animated Short Film Bear Story Prologue Sanjay’s Super Team We Can’t Live Without Cosmos World of Tomorrow Best Original Screenplay Bridge of … Read more
How to fix the comics industry’s harassment and diversity problems?
The past few weeks have seen a large amount of attention paid to the comics industry’s problems with diversity, sexual harassment, and sexism. To summarize recent events: The Mary Sue’s Marcy Cook wrote an article summing up the industry’s problems, and offers a possible solution to resolving them. Dark Horse Comics’ Scott Allie, its editor-in-chief … Read more
Bleeding Cool states the biggest comic publishers need more diverse staffs
Comics website Bleeding Cool published an article today that says DC Entertainment, DC Comics’ immediate owners, are urging the comic publisher to put more effort into hiring women and minorities. As such, Bleeding Cool’s Rich Johnston argued for affirmative action policies (or “positive discrimination,” to use their British English terminology)—which of course drew the usual racists to the comments like dogs on … Read more
What should a diverse Justice League of America look like?
What would a Justice League of America that *looks* like America be like? I analyze what a diverse JLA should look like, using recent US census figures.
DC Entertainment launches a superheroine initiative aimed at girls
DC Entertainment has announced it’s planning to launch “DC Super Hero Girls,” a major initiative due this fall. Aimed at girls ages 6-12, it’ll feature teenage versions of various DC superheroines and supervillainesses, including Wonder Woman, Bumblebee (spelled “Bumble Bee” in the press release for some reason), Batgirl, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, and others. Designed … Read more