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03-27-2017, 12:00 PM
Aaron Sorkin is just **w discovering there's a diversity problem in Hollywood
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Despite working in the industry for over 20 years, Aaron Sorkin (http://mashable.com/category/aaron-sorkin/) apparently didn't realize white men had an easier time in Hollywood. *
The Academy Award-winning screenwriter and executive producer of “The West Wing” and “The Newsroom” was at the Writers Guild Festival on Saturday, and was reportedly fixated on the issue of diversity in Hollywood—a topic he shockingly didn't seem to have ever mulled over before.
SEE ALSO: Vogue promises diversity and delivers Karlie Kloss as a geisha instead (http://mashable.com/2017/02/14/karlie-kloss-vogue-cultural-appropriation/)
“Are you saying that women and mi**rities have a more difficult time getting their stuff read than white men and you’re also saying that [white men] get to make mediocre ****** and can continue on?," Sorkin asked audience members, reported to Variety (http://variety.com/2017/scene/news/aaron-sorkin-diversity-hollywoods-writers-room-wgfestival-1202016729/).* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/03/26/aaron-sorkin-hollywood-diversity/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Despite working in the industry for over 20 years, Aaron Sorkin (http://mashable.com/category/aaron-sorkin/) apparently didn't realize white men had an easier time in Hollywood. *
The Academy Award-winning screenwriter and executive producer of “The West Wing” and “The Newsroom” was at the Writers Guild Festival on Saturday, and was reportedly fixated on the issue of diversity in Hollywood—a topic he shockingly didn't seem to have ever mulled over before.
SEE ALSO: Vogue promises diversity and delivers Karlie Kloss as a geisha instead (http://mashable.com/2017/02/14/karlie-kloss-vogue-cultural-appropriation/)
“Are you saying that women and mi**rities have a more difficult time getting their stuff read than white men and you’re also saying that [white men] get to make mediocre ****** and can continue on?," Sorkin asked audience members, reported to Variety (http://variety.com/2017/scene/news/aaron-sorkin-diversity-hollywoods-writers-room-wgfestival-1202016729/).* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/03/26/aaron-sorkin-hollywood-diversity/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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