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Reality For Black TV Workers Laid Bare: Study Finds Racism & Frustration At “Club” Culture In UK


Black professionals say they are still experiencing racism and faltering career progression in British TV, despite years of diversity initiatives.

Black professionals say they are still experiencing systemic racism and faltering career progression in British TV, despite years of industry diversity initiatives. “Black professionals … are brought in as interns and assistants but aren’t rising, so the diversity is not filtering upwards into higher seniority roles,” one person noted. Creative workers need transparent promotion structures, protected grievance processes, mental health support, and meaningful accountability mechanisms to dismantle institutional racism, not more empty diversity rhetoric.”

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