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The Distorted Racial Quotas of Television

“What America looks like”

curious statistic from the survey of broadcasting representation.

Broadcast network programs had higher percentages of black female (28%) and Latina (7%) characters in major roles than programs on streaming services (21% and 3%, respectively). Streaming programs included a higher percentage of Asian and Asian American females than those on the broadcast networks (15% vs. 10%).

White people make up 57% of the country, Latinos 18.7%, black people 12% and Asians 6%.

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