Miranda Wayland, CEO of Creative Diversity Network says the focus on individual DEI executives and departments misses the bigger picture. Adrian Pennington reports.
Hiring diversity executives in Hollywood jumped after the murder of George Floyd in May 2020 and the Black Lives Matter movement, but economic pressures since then have been blamed for several high-profile figures losing their jobs.
The exits in quick succession of Diversity and Inclusion (DEI) professionals at Disney, Netflix, Warner Bros Discovery and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences prompted headlines a year ago about ‘diversity fatigue’. The phrase itself is ambiguous. Some claim it signals a waning of the enthusiasm for hiring chief diversity officers as the issue dips beneath the front pages. On the other, the DEI execs themselves seemed to warn of burnout amid under-resourced departments...
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