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What to Do with the Problematic Past, Part I

The New Yorker Radio Hour

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I Don't Want Diversity, I Want Equality

"I broke down under the stage, management office. Ariana DeBose put her arms around me and I had to go back on stage with the same people who I don't know what they care about," Eman says. Amber Eman: "I think in my years of auditioning, which is probably 10 or more years, I have seen two casting directors of color,. And most of my jobs are jobs where I'm in an all-black cast." The conference was organized by Britain and his organization, BAC.

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