People of Color are underrepresented in live action and animated TV shows and movies.

Major companies like PBS, Disney and Netflix need to stop producing and showing so many TV shows and movies with White People as main characters and People of Color as secondary characters, or worse, the antagonists.

I’m sick of seeing only White people in the TV shows that I watch. When the people who make TV shows choose to only have people of one race in the shows that they produce, it’s like saying that only people of one race can do whatever they’re doing on the shows. For example, on This Old House, a PBS show where they fix houses, everyone, both the people who are getting the work done and the people who are doing the work, are White. Why can’t they have just a few people of color? It’s not like only White people can build things.

We need more racially diverse shows because less racially diverse shows are much less relatable. If only one type of person can relate to a show, then is there only one type of person who should like the show? The world is full of lots of different types of people. Our TV shows and videos should reflect that diversity. You don't want everything that you watch to be something you can relate to, but you also don't want to have nothing that is relatable for you. Why shouldn't there be many People of Color in TV shows?

There are very few TV shows or movies with main characters who are People of Color. Especially for older kids. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is an example of a great movie, made for kids and families, with a main character who is Black. There are very few other examples. That's unacceptable.

PBS, Disney and Netflix, we demand that you make more racially diverse shows NOW!