Monday, 26 October 2009 08:00
Minorities, seniors and female actors have achieved few gains in the number of film and TV roles in recent years, according to casting stats just released by the Screen Actors Guild.
"The diverse and multicultural world we live in today is still not accurately reflected in the portrayals we see on the screen," SAG president Ken Howard said in a statement. "We will continue to work with producers, hiring executives and industry professionals in accurately portraying the American scene by ensuring equal access to employment opportunities for all of our members." The latest statistics, released Friday, showed minority performers reached a high mark in 2007 with 29.3% and then declined last year to 27.5%.
The breakdown for 2008 was 72.5% Caucasian, 13.3% African-American, 6.4% Latino-Hispanic, 3.8 Asian-Pacific Islander, .3% Native American and 3.8% other-unknown. SAG noted in its report that U.S. Census data from 2000 showed that the nation's population was 73.4% Caucasian, 11.5% African-American, 10.6% Latino-Hispanic, 3.7% Asian-Pacific Islander and .79% Native American
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