Hollywood's failure to include and promote blacks affects its programming decisions, say the protesters. If media includes all forms of entertainment such as music and sports blacks excel. Rap music is a major moneymaker, and other black recording artists routinely score on the top-40 playlists. Blacks make up the majority of players in the NFL and in the NBA, and along with Latin players comprise nearly 25 percent of Major League Baseball players. Roughly 12 percent of film and movie jobs go to blacks.
Black directors get about five percent of the jobs, up dramatically from ten years ago.
And blacks account for nearly 12 percent of all roles in commercials. Blacks and Hispanics enjoy historic unemployment lows. In today's market, people who want to work find jobs. Maybe many blacks don't want to work in Hollywood, a notoriously competitive environment with little job security. Performers have short careers, and for every nervous performer, you can find several nervous executives standing behind him.