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Disabled critics need to be included in the film critic diversity campaign
by Kristen Lopez 3 years ago Follow @Journeys_Film
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A recent study by USC revealed that film criticism remains white and male, but in the push for diversity are we still leaving some groups out?
On June 11th, the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism announced the results of a study involving inclusion in film criticism. The results of the study weren’t shocking — 77.8 percent of the critics reviewing the top 100 films of 2017 were white men. If you hang around Film Twitter regularly, you’ll understand this summation had all the impact of a study saying the sky is blue. Women and minorities in film criticism have complained about this for years. In fact, many marginalized critics joked that it seems like these statistics are trotted out every six months. But unlike in the past, movement on this was swift.
Actress Brie Larson [...]