other Should Hollywood abandon Diversity, Equity and Inclusion policies?

[Alamson]

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) gained prominence after George Floyd, an African American was killed by a white police officer in the US in 2020. In response, many government agencies and business organisations created the DEI programme to cater for underrepresented groups like black minority. In Hollywood, people have decried the underrepresentation of black actors and actors of colour. Films with actors from marginalised groups have often been underpromoted.
President Donald Trump, after assuming office in January 2025, asked the federal government to drop the DEI programme. He claimed the programme was discriminatory and counterproductive. Many organisations have also dropped their DEI policies. Should Hollywood abandon DEI?

 

[NatureFreak]

Is there actually a negative effect on Hollywood if the DEI programme is dropped? No I don't think so. There has been a fair share of successful black actors and actresses even before the policy, so they might as well scrap it.

 

[Oshawott]

Unless there is a policy for DEI, they will never get representation in work space or policy space.

When we make insensitive comments about DEI (Trump included), what we often donot consider and love to ignore is that they have underwent generations of torture, cruelty and discrimination and it has become a systemic issue rather than a pin point issue.

Homogenity never brought beauty. Only diversity did it.