He continued, “I don’t view it as a ‘nice thing’ to add for the black community specifically. It’s something that has been hidden from all of us, and it would be really helpful for people to realize that we have value in this world and we’re a part of its history.”
- Williams also addressed the lack of diversity and the inaccurate portrayals of minorities in Hollywood, saying, “It’s a very real problem, but also there’s no such thing as Hollywood as a monolithic group. Some members of Hollywood crank out absolute sh*t that is destructive and completely riddled with stereotypes and is designed to provoke or be intellectually lazy. But then in the same building somebody could be producing tremendous material that is forward-thinking and inclusive – that could even be on the same network! ‘Hollywood’ doesn’t really mean much. We don’t all go to meetings together or all vote the same. I’m sure that plenty of people in Hollywood voted for Trump!”
- He added, “People thought that they had to whitewash every movie to make people go and see it, but that’s statistically bullsh*t, the more diverse a movie is the more money it makes – statistically.”
