Month: October 2013 | UCLA Bunche Center

Center Talk! Learn About Center Happenings Using Social Media

October 29, 2013/0 Comments/in Center Talk! /by SSC WebTeam

Have you noticed something new on the Bunche Center website and posters? It’s a Q R code, our effort to enhance your experience getting info about Bunche Center research and […]

Soul TV, Black Power & African American Media Culture of the 1970s

October 23, 2013/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by SSC WebTeam

The event is free and open to the public. All-day parking ($12) and short-term parking (payable at pay stations) are available in Lots 2, 3 or 4 (enter the campus […]

Race and Hollywood: 2013 Black Renaissance in Film

October 21, 2013/0 Comments/in Race and Hollywood /by SSC WebTeam

CNN Reports on this year’s Black renaissance in the film industry. To read more, Click Here. For background information on the Race and Hollywood Project, Click Here.

Task Force Finds Faculty Bias at UCLA

October 19, 2013/0 Comments/in Special Projects and Programs /by SSC WebTeam

October 19, 2013 — An independent task force headed by former California Supreme Court Justice Carlos Moreno found that UCLA officials have done little to address a pattern of discrimination and racial […]

Race and Hollywood: Diverse Casts Help Ratings – Bunche Diversity Brief Findings

October 17, 2013/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by SSC WebTeam

UPDATED – October 17, 2013 – Additional publications discuss the results of the Center’s report on TV diversity. To read Indiwire Click Here, for LA Weekly coverage Click Here, and for […]

Diversity Issues: Supreme Court Hears Michigan Law Similar to CA Prop 209

October 16, 2013/0 Comments/in Special Projects and Programs /by SSC WebTeam

October 16, 2013 – The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments this week in an affirmative action ban similar to California’s Prop 209. The case before the court concerns a law which says race cannot […]

Race and Hollywood: Why No Diversity on SNL? No Funny Black Women. That’s Why.

October 16, 2013/0 Comments/in Special Projects and Programs /by SSC WebTeam

Saturday Night Live Black cast member Kenan Thompson defends show’s lack of diversity – blames it on the shortcomings of black comediennes. To read the article, Click Here. Amid the controversy, SNL […]

Center Talk! Price Joins Bunche Center Staff

October 14, 2013/0 Comments/in Center Talk! /by SSC WebTeam

This summer, Zachary Price joined the Bunche Center in the newly created position of Assistant Researcher. Dr. Price has a Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara in Theater […]

Race and Hollywood: Diversity and Ratings

October 14, 2013/0 Comments/in Race and Hollywood /by SSC WebTeam

October 14, 2013 – KPCC’s Josie Huang writes about how diversity on TV may be good for ratings. To read more, Click Here. Download the Hollywood Diversity Brief-Spotlight-10-2013. For background […]

Race and Hollywood: UCLA Newsroom Highlights Study