Hollywood is washed—whitewashed. Its lack of diversity (in race, gender, sexual orientation etc.) has been proven time and time again with eye-opening and disheartening projects like “every single word spoken by a person of color,” which make up seconds of a movie, at best, or a recent study which proved that out of 2014’s top 100 films, a whopping 73.1% of the characters were white while 4.9% were Hispanic, 12.5% were black, 5.3% were Asian, and 4.2% were labeled other.
Buzzfeed flipped the script, recreating Hollywood classics like Mean Girls, The Breakfast Club, and Titanic, among others, with people of color, magnifying this issue. In the video viewers learn of an alarming statistic that while people of color make up 40% of the United States population, people of color only make up 16.7% of Hollywood roles.
Here’s what Ashly Perez, who recreated the critically acclaimed Blue Is The Warmest Color, had to say of the experience:
Straight Outta Compton's box office success is an indicator of people's desire for diversity. How much more proof is needed?
Watch the full video above.
[via Buzzfeed]
