Are You Whitewashing Your Own Story? | Create A Diverse Writers Voice

It's a word I don't especially love to say, mostly because I was doing it myself (without realizing.) I was pre-emptively casting my characters by not creating any cultural relevance in even the tiniest of ways. This isn't necessary either! But it makes a story stronger and helps create a balance in storytelling with diverse casting if you live in a diverse country.

So here are four tips to diversify your characters and cut whitewashing at the script level!


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📎NHMC Media Guide "Seeing Beyond the Stereotypes" - https://www.nhmc.org/media-guide/
📎UCLA Diversity Report in Hollywood - https://socialsciences.ucla.edu/holly...

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