The Bold Type’s season finale, Aisha Dee took to Instagram to call out the show’s lack of writers and directors of color behind the scenes, as well as to stick up for her character.
On July 16, Dee—who plays , the first Black woman to hold a director position on the show’s fictional Scarlet magazine—shared her experiences growing up in Australia and , as well as concerns with , ranging from lack of Black hairstylists on set to a particularly troubling storyline in season four.
In the open letter, Dee revealed that it took two seasons for The Bold Type’s writer’s room to include a BIPOC and that there has only been one Black director in the show's history. “Even then, the responsibility to speak for the entire Black experience cannot and.
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