‘Insecure’ Writer Mike Guayo Is On A Mission To Bring More Black Voices To TV
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The Haitian-born writer launched a mentorship program that creates a “sustainable pathway” for Black writers to build their careers in Hollywood.
It’s easy to see how overwhelmingly white Hollywood’s TV writers’ rooms are. In 2017, a Color of Change report found that only 4.8% of 3,817 writers on 234 TV shows were Black. Two-thirds of those shows had no Black writers at all. In 2020, “Watchmen” writer Cord Jefferson told The Washington Post that even as conversations about diversity and hires of color increased, marginalized voices still went overlooked in writers’ rooms. “It feels like you’re diversity decoration a little bit, as opposed to a valuable member of the team,” he said. Mike Guayo is on a mission to change that as much as he can.
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