These were just two of the revelations made in Netflix’s first inclusion report, which was released on Wednesday. The company’s new demographic data shows that the black population of American employees has grown from 3.8% of its workforce in 2017 to 8% in 2020.
More than 18% of the U.S. population is Latinx, but Latinos made up only about 8% of Netflix staff last year, up from just 6% three years ago.
“We can do a much better job of recruiting Spanish or Latinx and other sub-representatives in all parts of our business,” the report’s authors wrote.
A lack of Latinx representation in Hollywood and technology was an ongoing problem. According to the latest USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative report, which annually analyzes diversity in film and television, only 5% of the speaking roles in the top 100 films went to Latinx actors. Latinx individuals were the only racial and ethnic group under-represented in screen roles in 2019, the report found.
More than 9.5% of Netflix (NFLX)The leaders were black in 2020, up from 4.2% in 2017. The company’s Latinx leadership was just 4.9% last year, up from 4.5% three years ago.
Overall, more than 46% of Netflix’s U.S. workforce and 42% of its leaders were black, Latinx, Native, Middle Eastern, Asian, or Pacific Islanders by 2020. Women had just over 47% of Netflix last year. workforce.
In 2018, filmmaker Rachel Morrison becomes the first woman in history to be nominated for an Oscar award in film for her work on the original Netflix film “Mudbound,” directed by Dee Rees, a black woman. ‘Strong Island’ director Yance Ford became the first person to receive an Oscar nod the same year.
And in 2019, Netflix had more NAACP Image Award and GLAAD Media Award nominations than any other studio. The company says it also released 20 films from first-time filmmakers in 2020. Twelve of the films had non-white directors and eight were directed by women.
“What we’ve learned about diversity and inclusion is that while it’s the right thing to do, it’s also responsible for our ability to innovate,” said Vernā Myers, Netflix’s vice president of inclusion strategy, said in a video of the company about its inclusion. attempts. “The vision of my team is to equip everyone with a diversity lens, that is, while they are doing their job, they are thinking about who is not here.”
Netflix says building its talent pipeline with underrepresented populations is key to its global plans.
“I think if we ever want to realize our ambitions around the world, we need to tell stories that reflect the people,” said Ted Sarandos, co-CEO and chief executive officer of Netflix.
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