>>149966104
> studios aren't looking for people that can write, they're looking for people who are proudly black or gay
Incorrect. The people who hire, first and foremost, are hiring their friends and relatives. Some of which may be black and gay, but usually aren't and instead are white or asian from the same privileged background they are. After that it's friends of friends and maybe they'll look at nonwhite/asian people that are part of these cliques most of which also have privileged backgrounds so they don't diverge much in voice from their white counterparts. Then after all the nepo incest, it's a person or two that that the showrunner is a fan of that is available for work - plucked off social media or known from some project. Then after alllllllll that maybe they'll glance at a few applications and if they feel like they need a diversity hire they'll hire one marginalized person which immediately eliminates every other marginalized person not part of these previous groups. They also tend to treat this person like shit and unless they assimilate really well with a bunch of privileged nerds their careers go nowhere.

There are plenty of great nonwhite writers and artists out there and you'll never hear their stories because major studios will never give them a voice. They'll only ever zoom in on the person who got their foot in the door from being a friend of a friend and they're a friend of a friend because they come from the same privileged background. If they seem like they have nothing to say outside of being "proudly black or gay" - that's why, and they know it's the only reason they're being given a chance so they pretty much have to lean into it anyways so the studio can be proud of how diverse it is.