
Issa Rae Says “Diversity Needs a Better Publicist”

Issa Rae has been vocal about her disappointment with Hollywood’s stalled efforts to tell a wider array of stories. And the situation on that front has grown even more dire since she last opined on the subject.
During a Saturday keynote conversation at South by Southwest, the creator and actress revisited the subject in the wake of many Hollywood’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts shuttering or rebranding in the wake of the second Trump administration’s hard-line stance against Dei. “I think diversity needs a better publicist,” said Rae. “The anti-dei, the immediate retraction of any efforts to level the playing field and focus on our stories, I think it [comes from] a big misunderstanding and a fear.”
Rae went on to joke that her own publicist was too busy to take diversity on as a client.
Echoing some of her past frustrations, she also spoke a bit more optimistically about Hollywood’s executive ranks.
During a Saturday keynote conversation at South by Southwest, the creator and actress revisited the subject in the wake of many Hollywood’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts shuttering or rebranding in the wake of the second Trump administration’s hard-line stance against Dei. “I think diversity needs a better publicist,” said Rae. “The anti-dei, the immediate retraction of any efforts to level the playing field and focus on our stories, I think it [comes from] a big misunderstanding and a fear.”
Rae went on to joke that her own publicist was too busy to take diversity on as a client.
Echoing some of her past frustrations, she also spoke a bit more optimistically about Hollywood’s executive ranks.
- 8/3/2025
- por Mikey O'Connell
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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