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    White Writer, Black Show; Writers Guild (Lack of) Diversity Report

    An unusually candid conversation about race and writing for movies and television.  Then, the new Writers Guild report on how white the writer's room remains.

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    By Claude Brodesser-Akner • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

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      Claude Brodesser-Akner

      Star-Ledger / NJ.com

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Julie Bean

      Television writer for CW's 'The Game'

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      Darnell Hunt

      UCLA Bunche Center for African American Studies

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      Kim Myers

      Director of Diversity at the Writers Guild West

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