Why Hollywood Diversity Keeps Failing with Fanshen Cox

Get "Liberate Your Business" by Becky Mollenkamp at https://liberateyourbusiness.com/ FIND ALL OF OUR CONVERSATIONS AT https://yesandotherwise.com/ Actor, writer, producer, and Inclusion Rider co-author Fanshen Cox joins Becky and Faith to talk about representation in Hollywood, why individual-led and policy-led DEI efforts keep collapsing into lip service, and how she's returned to building community and centering storytellers through Sister Brunch and her production company, TruJuLo (Truth, Justice, Love). In this conversation: 01:32 Movies that made us feel seen 07:19 Discovering the power of storytelling and the meaning behind the name "Fanshen" 10:44 Raising socially conscious kids: the burden, and the need to keep them safe 15:25 Black women's hair, personal choice, and not becoming the oppressor 22:26 Theater vs. film/TV acting and the power of casting directors 26:44 #OscarsSoWhite, going back for an MFA, and the one-woman show One Drop of Love 28:35 Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Project Greenlight, and co-authoring the Inclusion Rider 32:12 Moving into development and writing DEIA policy at the California Film Commission 35:08 Empowering storytellers: Sister Brunch and TruJuLo 39:39 The Black Panther Party legacy, communal upbringing, and fear of retaliation 42:39 Capitalism, homeownership, and what happens when anyone gets too much power 46:52 Not canceling ourselves, and the limits of shaming 52:18 Hollywood as a system: finding agency and community 56:29 A decade after #OscarsSoWhite: backsliding on representation Resources mentioned: Sista Brunch podcast: https://www.sistabrunch.com/ TruJuLo Productions: https://www.trujulo.com/ KweliTV: https://www.kweli.tv/ "Fanshen" by William Hinton: https://link.amazon/B0cTyzF9y "We Will Not Cancel Us" by adrienne maree brown: https://link.amazon/B044X1c8X 🎤 JOIN US IN THE FEMINIST PODCASTERS COLLECTIVE: https://feministpodcastcollective.com/