Breaking Barriers, Shaping Narratives for Women with Nancy Wang Yuen
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Pop culture expert and D&I corporate workshop trainer Nancy Wang Yuen joined Meghan Markle, Katie Couric, & Brooke Shields for the opening keynote panel at SXSW, discussing the role media and entertainment representation can play in creating and perpetuating stereotypes, increasing mental health issues for women and limiting women's access to resources and policies that can positively affect their lives. As Nancy poignantly explained, individuals and policymakers derive information from television and film, and, without direct contact to certain groups, this can negatively impact their day-to-day lives and the policy choices being made for an entire half of our population, among others.
Just as representation matters in the media, it matters in all other facets of life. Nancy helps organizations draw similar cause and effect conclusions from stories and case studies that she outlines in her talks to ensure audiences can expand their viewpoints and create structural systems to ensure that women (and minorities) are supported.
“When women’s rights advance, that advances society. When women are working and getting equal share, they’re making money. They’re actually contributing to the economy.”
- Nancy Wang Yuen
More about Nancy:
Nancy Wang Yuen is a sociologist and expert on race and racism in Hollywood. She is a senior diversity and inclusion consultant for organizations ranging from non-profits to tech companies. Nancy is the author of Reel Inequality: Hollywood Actors and Racism (2016), which examines the barriers African American, Asian American and Latina/o actors face in Hollywood and how they creatively challenge stereotypes. Nancy's talks guide audiences on how to build bridges for collective advancement for the underrepresented and often marginalized.
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Reel Inequality: How Hollywood Perpetuates Racial Stereotypes and Societal Issues
Intersectionality, Stereotypes and Unifying Women of All Races
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