“Hollywood has a privilege as a creative industry to imagine and create.
We have significant influence over culture and politics.
“Yet, historically and currently, Hollywood encourages the epidemic of police violence and culture of anti-Blackness.
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This is not only in storytelling.
It is cultural and systemic in Hollywood,” it continues.
Our unions don’t consider or defend our specific, intersectional struggles.
Unions are even worse for our below-the-line crew, especially for Black women.
“We know these changes have the power to change Black lives in America.
Many celebrities,including Jordan,Tessa Thompson, andJohn Boyega, have joined the protests calling for justice.
Sampsonwas hit by rubber bulletswhile taking part in a protest in Los Angeles last month.
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