"Well, when I was nine years old Star Trek came on," Goldberg says. "I looked at it and I went screaming through the house, 'Come here, mum, everybody, come quick, come quick, there's a black lady on television and she ain't no maid! I knew right then and there that I could be whatever I wanted to be ”

― Whoopi Goldberg

From Kid Spirit

The Importance Of Equitable Representation In The Media

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From TEDx Talks

Why Representation Really Matters



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From Southern Fried Asain

A Conversation With Samata Narra, Senior Vice President of Equity and Inclusion Content Strategy, Warner Bros. Discovery.

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People from racial/ethnic minority groups are less likely to receive mental health care. For example, in 2015, among adults with any mental illness, 48% of whites received mental health services, compared with 31% of blacks and Latinx, and 22% of Asians.

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