UK Human Rights Chief: TV Companies Must Change Their “Hideously White” Ways

[BBC] TV soaps EastEnders and Coronation Street stereotype ethnic minorities, according to a report.

But talent shows like The X Factor and Strictly Come Dancing represented the UK’s diverse ethnic mix, it said.

The report’s leader, Trevor Phillips – head of the Equality and Human Rights Commission – said TV companies remained “hideously white”.

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Mr Phillips, who wrote the report in a private capacity, said its findings highlighted the need to “change and to embrace diversity”.

“Everyone knows that if we don’t we are headed for oblivion,” he said.

DWE didn’t have to wait long for the real reason Phillips was making static. Never forget that “education” means “lots of cash.”

[BBC, same article] Mr Phillips, presenting his findings to a meeting of television executives at Channel 4’s London headquarters on Wednesday night, called for a levy on all major productions to establish a diversity fund.

The fund would be used to finance schemes to improve diversity.

“These might include training, content development, shadowing schemes, or any other programme that would encourage and deliver greater diversity,” Mr Phillips said.

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