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Diversity In Hollywood
Hollywood has always had a controversial issue involving the ethnicity of minorities. In the movie industry, it has lack of diversity that Hollywood doesn’t want to accept. Melena Ryzi shows the truth behind movie industries in, “What It’s Really like to Work in Hollywood” with real life experiences from Hollywood actors.
Many women and minorities are underrepresented and discriminated when trying to get into Hollywood. Some Actors fail to meet the directors expectations because they do not behave based on their nationality. Many directors judge on looks, race and sexuality which they shouldn’t. I was surprised to find out that many actors where discriminated during casting. Jimmy Smits was told that he wasn’t “Latino” enough for the character.

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