Ava DuVernay weighs in on viral tweet about role of race in Hollywood hiring: ‘Bias can go both ways’
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foxnews.comJumping into a heated Twitter discussion about Hollywood hiring practices, Oscar-nominated director Ava DuVernay suggested that she and other “Black producers with hiring power” could stop hiring "those who diminish us" to work on their film and TV projects.
The director is an outspoken advocate for diversity in Hollywood and has become even more vocal in the wake of ongoing protests sparked by the death of George Floyd while in police custody on May 25.
Her latest comments come in response to a Twitter user who shared a thread from a private industry Facebook group in which a black filmmaker wrote a post looking to connect with black film editors to work on a project.
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