WGA West Leaders Urge Guild Members “To Take Their Share Of Responsibility” For Lack Of Diversity In Writers Rooms

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David Robb Labor EditorIn the wake of nationwide protests over racism and police brutality, leaders of the WGA West are urging their own members – television showrunners – “to take their share of responsibility” for the ethnic make-up of writers rooms.“The Writers Guild doesn’t employ writers, but members, in collaboration with studios, make decisions about who gets hired,” guild leaders told their members today. “We will improve showrunner education.

We will make sure we know who is in every room. We pledge, in addition, always to make clear what we want and to bring member and public pressure to bear in order to get it.” And on the feature film side, they said: “We will immediately create a group that will meet directly with studio heads.