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According to a new diversity report, Tinseltown suffers from a lack of equal representation.

It’s no secret that the modeling industry has insane beauty standards that lack diversity.  Kanye West has found himself under fire after some are saying he’s aiding to the problem.  West posted a “multiracial women only” model casting for his Yeezy Season 4 show at New York Fashion Week, and twitter had a lot to say about it. […]

This epic selfie is giving diversity a whole new meaning. On Tuesday night, Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson tweeted this photo of a group of Democratic congressional interns: https://twitter.com/RepEBJ/status/755521816408489984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Johnson’s tweet, or should we say subtweet, was directed at Speaker of The House Paul Ryan, who made us all raise our eyebrows when he took to […]

getty images The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is delivering on its promise to diversify its membership. Today the organization extended 683 membership invitations to actors, filmmakers and executives alike. Of that group, 41 percent are people of color and 46 percent are female. According to the Academy’s website, this means that the […]

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Barbie may have released a new collection of dolls with varying body types, skin tones, and careers, but that still hasn’t fixed the diversity issues Barbie still lacks.  One husband wanted to make sure his wife got the birthday present she wanted, and he went out of his way to customized a game developer Barbie after she couldn’t […]

Zendaya is wise beyond her years.  The 19-year-old actress/singer has no problem telling Hollywood there is a diversity issue, and she’s not going to sit back and let it continue without doing her part.  In an interview with Cosmopolitan magazine, Zendaya revealed that she agreed to return to Disney, but only on one condition. Zendaya told […]

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According to the nonprofit research organization Catalyst, there are only 23 female CEOs among Fortune 500 companies. When Burns steps down, there will only be one woman of color among the group.

The advice comes amid a racially divisive presidential race as Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has made disparaging remarks about Mexican immigrants and proposed a temporary ban on Muslims.

People of color are underrepresented in the Spring 2016 ad campaigns. And water is wet.

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Amidst the controversy surrounding the Academy Awards this year, viewership hit an 8-year low.

TFA is committed to recruiting 2,400 Latino undergraduates and professionals over the next three years to teach in predominantly low-income Latino schools.

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About a dozen Black NYPD officers filed a lawsuit against their department claiming they were pressured to implement racism in their practices.