In 2020, 74.1 percent of movie writers for theatrical films in that year were white, with 25.9 percent of movie writer roles filled by people of color. The latter figure is over triple the share recorded in 2011, though the source noted that in order to achieve proportionate representation in this area, people of color would still need to triple their share of writers.
Distribution of movie writers in the United States from 2011 to 2020, by ethnicity
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University of California (Social Sciences). (April 22, 2021). Distribution of movie writers in the United States from 2011 to 2020, by ethnicity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 18, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/696893/movie-writer-ethnicity/
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