8/ Essay Progress

After my first COP tutorial, I knuckled down in writing my essay, the introduction and the beginnings of chapter one for the next tutorial.

-We agreed to condense the topic by eliminating capitalism and racial propaganda from the essay. 
-Mike mentioned Jackson 5 and Globetrotters animations have been great examples of positive representations, aiding my essay comparisons. 
-Mike suggested that I look at Access VFX in regards to inclusion in the industry.  https://soundcloud.com/accessvfx/16-the-inclusion-diversity-survey 
-This discussion sparked my interest further into racial quotas and box ticking. This has been one of the most important reports that I've found for diversity in animation statistics:
 https://www.ukscreenalliance.co.uk/subpages/inclusion-and-diversity-in-the-uks-vfx-animation-and-post-production-sectors/\ .
-How to improve diversity in the workplace:
https://hrdailyadvisor.blr.com/2016/11/28/8-ways-improve-diversity-workplace/
https://www.socialtalent.com/blog/recruitment/4-simplest-ways-improve-diversity-organisation 
-Diversity hiring at the top
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/jun/20/bbc-vows-to-increase-diversity-of-senior-management-by-2020
 - Aziz Ansari discussing racial quotas 
https://www.businessinsider.com/aziz-ansari-on-tvs-racial-quotas-2015-10?r=US&IR=T 

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It’s all about education and training to make people aware of the possible bias that they may hold, as “Resumes are certainly an imperfect means of screening talent. There's a lot of room for unconscious bias”, Google has been working hard to understand the intricacies of bias and how it can affect diversity and how educating a workforce can better this.

https://rework.withgoogle.com/guides/hiring-review-resumes/steps/introduction/

“we fill in the blanks..with things we don;t know with past experiences, we pattern map”

When they don’t look like you they don’t match that pattern you don;t know how they’ll make that jump.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=129&v=NW5s_-Nl3JE&feature=emb_title

Whilst writing the first chapter of my essay I have found it really fascinating researching the connection between racial portrayals and the laws around race and immigration at the time. Also, the connection between Asian and black portrayal and how they were used against each other for political motive.