How casting director Leah Daniels-Butler is helping to make film and TV more representative of the US population

I’m just going to say why I think it’s important. First, because it’s the right thing to do, when you are out in every-day life, you don’t just see one ethnic group, you see all ethnic groups… men, women, transgender, people with disabilities. People from all walks of life, so that should be reflected in film and television. Why shouldn’t we all see who we are when we turn on the tv or watch a movie. But most importantly whenever you have diversity in film and television it just makes for more interesting storytelling PERIOD!

I think that diversity should not only be reflected on the screen but also behind the camera. The executives making the decisions need to be diverse and they will hire more diverse. Our society IS the audience, they decide what will be a hit…