A growing list of the Hollywood stars who’ve committed to inclusion riders

The most buzzed-about moment at this year’s Oscars wasn’t a Jimmy Kimmel bit or a presenter flub. It was Frances McDormand’s acceptance speech.

With two words – “inclusion rider” – McDormand called on her colleagues to take action against the industry’s lack of diversity. The question was no longer what Hollywood’s top talents could do, but what they would do.

The inclusion rider is contract language that a filmmaker or star can use in negotiations to demand that a project meet a certain standard of diversity. In the days since McDormand’s speech, a growing number of top-tier talents have publicly pledged to adopt inclusion riders going forward. Read more…

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