"The language in a casting call is like, "all-American" is white. "Beautiful but doesn't know it" is white. And then usually it'll be like "open to all ethnicities" is when you know that that is a role that they can envision someone not white doing it. But it's like, all the roles should be open to ethnicity. Do you know what I mean?..."
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On casting calls for minorities in “Phoebe Robinson: There's No Excuse For The Lack Of Diversity In Comedy” in NPR (2018 Oct 15)
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