IATSE Local 600 — never did more to recruit minorities. When Langley started his career, he said the goal was to bring Black membership up to 10%.
Last year, in the wake of the George Floyd protests, he called the union president and asked if that target had ever been met.“He said, ‘I can’t give you that information,’” Langley says.
In a state that is plurality Latino and where Asian Americans are the fastest-growing group, white people still make up the vast majority of the film and TV workforce.
Decades of efforts to expand opportunity for those jobs — which come with good salaries and great benefits — have not changed that fact.The fight for diversity in Hollywood comes down to a battle over numbers.
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