Hollyoaks star Talia Grant says black people treated as 'disposable' on TV
Hollyoaks actress Talia Grant has spoken about how the TV industry,"like life in general", treats black people as being"disposable".
"The revolution will not be changed by diversity training, or racism training. It is changed by people changing their attitude and the way that the structural system works."Richard Blackwood and Trevor A Toussaint also took part in the discussion "I think I've seen two black directors in all the time I've been there and definitely no black producers. Why?"
"We have significantly increased the number of writers of colour working on Hollyoaks, but we need to do more to support black writers in particular."The company said it had various initiatives in place to increase diversity, including a new writing award and internships."They really made an effort, they all went on training, I felt just accepted and understood. People didn't view me as the problem," she said.
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