{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5f28b333f956d87bb1ad6cbf/5f80bab41e67bb2dd73f9718?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Diversity in TV Writing Roundtable: 1999/2020","description":"<p>In 1999 Kwesi Mfume was the president of the NAACP in July 1999 and saw that none of the 26 new comedies and dramas being launched had a minority performer in a leading or prominent role and said \"When the television viewing&nbsp;public sits down to watch the new prime-time shows scheduled for this fall's lineup, they will see a virtual whitewash in programming.\" With this in mind this week we brought together a Roundtable of TV Writers to discuss if 1999 brough more diversity to TV and what work still needs to be done to make the industry as inclusive as possible.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Featuring&nbsp;</p><p>Aaron Thomas (Showrunner/Creator of SWAT)</p><p>Alexander Woo (Creator/Showrunner of The Terror:Infamy)</p><p>Angela Harvey (Teen Wolf, Station 19)</p><p>Delondra Mesa (Step Up)</p><p>Chuck Heyward (Dear White People, Mixed-ish)</p>","author_name":"Rebel Talk Network"}