Diversity in TV Writing Roundtable: 1999/2020

<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><br><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><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>