Accepting the the Cecil B. de Mille Award at the Golden Globes, Jane Fonda made an heartfelt plea for Hollywood to ramp up its push toward diversity both on and off screen.She reeled off the titles of several recent films that had “deepened my empathy,” before turning her focus to the entertainment industry. “Stories really can change people,” she said. “But there’s a story we’ve been afraid to see and hear about ourselves in this industry.
A story about which voices we respect and elevate and which we tune out. A story about who is offered a seat at the table and who is kept out of the rooms where decisions are made.”Fonda continued, “Let’s all of us — including all the groups who decide who gets hired and what gets made and who wins
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