Tagged: perpetuating stereotypes

“I look at the film landscape, and there are probably three or four studios that actually don’t even have one executive of color on their production side. Not one.” — WME Agent Charles King

King became the first African American to be promoted to film Agent at WMA. Although the company told its first African American Agent Wally Amos in the late 1960s that the studios and networks “weren’t ready” for a black Agent, the company felt the studios were ready for a black Agent in 1991, when King was promoted in the company’s 101st year of being in business.

Source: Minju Pak, “New Voices.” The Hollywood Reporter. November 8, 2005.

an effect of Hollywood racism

“Black History: Lost, Stolen or Strayed” narrated by BILL COSBY (1968)

I’m just finding out that this Emmy Award winning documentary, which originally aired in 1968, is now available to watch on Youtube! I first read about this film while  writing my opposition to WME’s Motion to Compel Arbitrate and incorporated into my motion to help support that as a result of this company’s flagrant disregard of this nation’s antidiscrimination laws, arbitration was not an appropriate forum for this particular case and that no one individual should determine the merits of my claims. On July 20, 2011, Republican appointed federal judge P. Kevin Castel, erroneously compelled this landmark human rights and employment discrimination case into arbitration after “ignoring my argument, omitting pertinent facts and misapplying the law” — in clear violation of many of the Judicial Code of Conduct’s Canon.

For majority of Cosby’s career, he was represented by this racist Hollywood institution that  believes that one’s “race” is a prerequisite to being hired and ultimately promoted to Agent and refers to African Americans as “nigger,” “nigga,” “coon” and other racially derogatory terms in their e-mails. Currently, he is represented by rival agency Creative Artists Agency, which also believes and does the same.

Since learning about this doc, I have always wondered: Given Cosby’s knowledge of history, as demonstrated by his involvement with a film like this, why hasn’t he spoken out against the discriminatory employment & business practices, policies and procedures  of William Morris, NBC and other predominately all-White/”Jewish”institutions that have sought to “freeze” the status quo in decision-making positions throughout Hollywood? I ask, because a few years ago, Cosby was very vocal in his chastisement of the African American community, while forgetting to acknowledge the “source” still responsible for our collective problems today (e.g. global white supremacy (racism)). Smh.

In Leonard Rowe’s case, Cosby was actually deposed and gave a deposition. I’m going to find it the deposition and upload it later.