Summary

As the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite raised awareness about the lack of diversity at the Academy Awards, various people took to Twitter to comment on Chris Rock's opening monologue at the awards show. While some commented that Chris Rock did not bring up minorities other than African Americans, the tag #NotYourMule gained popularity to counter "the expectation that Black people take all the risk to advance representation in the media" (51). The discussion on diversity in Hollywood has continued to grow, reflecting both the relative invisibility of different communities of color as well as the central role Black protest and creative expression has played in moving everyone toward cultural equity.

While there are issues with diversity in Hollywood, Chang notes that we are also in a new golden age of representation. He references recent examples of popular culture with non-white leads such as...