Entertainment

Is Diversity on TV Really Getting Better?

IN LIVING COLOR

More than a dozen stars, executives, and TV creators from HBO, ‘black-ish,’ and more reveal the surprising truth about diversity—or the lack thereof—in television.

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“I’ve had one casting director who was literally like, ‘I need you to be as black as possible,’” comedian Nicole Byer remembered. “And then she was like, ‘If you go too black, I’ll bring you back.’”

She feigned horror as she relives the tale.

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