Author: Ike White
Isaac White is an American content writer for the online publication Insight by Balance Now (NPO), reporting on diversity in entertainment. A Screenwriter himself, he is originally from the Bay Area region of Northern California, where he studied Motion Pictures & Television at the Academy of Arts University in San Francisco; now a Los Angeles local of over 10 years.
โAs a mixed-race gay man growing up in America, the lack of representation in mainstream media greatly affected my own self-worth for a long time. As a screenwriter, I want to add more compelling characters, plotlines and subtext representative of my communities to the archive of American film & television for future generations to see themselves in.โ -Isaac White
The Hinderance on Latinx Representation: Cogitating on a Decade Long Plateau in Media & Broadcasting
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A Look at the History of Trans Representation in Media with Zoey Luna
Early portrayals of trans characters that I can remember were generally based on stereotypes and pathologization, and while the last decade or so has since…
How LatinX Women in Leadership Behind the Lens are Repositioning the Scope
The Women's Liberation and Chicano movements began in the 1960s, and now, nearly sixty years later, it's pretty clear that while both minorities have come…
The Rise of On-Screen Primetime Representation for People of Color
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The Increased Inclusion of Women in Entertainment and how that Shifts the Focus
A little over five years since the MeToo Movement and the most recent statistics on an industry long known for its 'boys club' mentality certainly…
Will Congress Have Its First Transgender Representative in 2024?
LOS ANGELES, Calif. | The 2022 elections commemorated many political milestones for the LGBTQ community, including the number of transgender candidates increasing by 100% since…