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UCLA’s 2021 Hollywood Diversity Report found:

Despite pledges, hiring of non-white executives in greenlighting positions increased by only 2% from 2020 to 2021. white boxxx 2021

2021 saw a surge in reboots of 1990s–2000s white-centric shows: UCLA’s 2021 Hollywood Diversity Report found:

Industry takeaway: White nostalgia is a reliable revenue engine. Streamers greenlit “white comfort content” (The Great British Baking Show, The Repair Shop, All Creatures Great and Small) as antidotes to pandemic anxiety—shows where race is never discussed because whiteness is the default. Industry takeaway: White nostalgia is a reliable revenue

In 2021, trade publications continued to frame white-led films as “mass audience” and non-white films as “niche” or “cultural specific.” For example:

This linguistic bias reinforces whiteness as the human default.