“Ultimately, without exposing viewers of all ages, especially the young and adolescent, to diverse programming, we are stunting the growth of our society.” with Rita Kakati Shah

We are all influenced in some way by what we watch on television, whether in a movie or advertisement. Starting from childhood, watching Disney movies and cartoons with “princess” décor and a level of frailness for girls or “super hero” macho images for boys, has a great impact. This continues into the classroom, the peer group, and then becomes part of their norm. Ultimately, without exposing viewers of all ages, especially the young and adolescent, to diverse programming, we are stunting the growth of our society.

As a part of my series about leaders helping to make Film and TV more representative of the US population, I had the distinct pleasure of interviewing Rita Kakati Shah. Rita is an award-winning globally recognized gender, diversity, inclusion and career strategist, speaker and advisor to Fortune…