Issa Rae says she was told to include a White character in her shows to make audiences care
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Issa Rae has spoken out about the lack of diversity in TV, revealing that she was once advised to always include a White character in her shows to ensure the project would "blow up."
In an interview with Mic magazine, the 36-year-old actress and producer recalls a conversation she had with a former colleague while working on her 2011 web series "The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl," which led her to believe that the inclusion of White characters would make her shows more relatable.
"From the jump in creating the show, it was put in my mind that you had to have a White character to be a bridge, and for people to care, for it to get awards, for it to be considered worthy of the television canon," she told the magazine.
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