International Tutors' Magazine February 2019 | Page 17

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Left: The royal wedding of Prince Harry and
Meghan Markle in May.
Top left and above: The #MeToo Movement
sparked awareness and action around issues of
sexual harrassment.
the fact that women have been keeping it to reporting sexual harassment and their
themselves makes the whole situation very experiences, which was definitely a great step
alarming. The #MeToo Movement, an activist in encouraging more women to speak out!
campaign against sexual harassment and
sexual assault, was sparked and became hugely Cultural Representation in Hollywood
popular on social media, with hundreds of 2018 was also a year in which cultural and
users on Twitter using the hashtag #MeToo to racial representation started to grow immensely
share their own stories of sexual harassment in Hollywood, particularly for blacks and
to show how widespread the issue
Asian individuals. People of color
was and show support for the
are
underrepresented
in
Representation
Weinstein victims. Many
mainstream American media.
celebrities, including Janet
in media matters This leads us to problematic
Jackson,
John
Legend,
“whitewashing”, where white
greatly.
Halsey,
Ariana
Grande,
actors often get casting jobs
Harry Styles and Alicia Keys
even for characters who are
also gave their support in the public eye by originally non-white or of undetermined
raising the issue on social media, attending race. Representation matters greatly because it
protests and giving speeches. In Hong Kong, allows minorities to see themselves on TV and
it seems that the movement did not catch on see that their own culture and identity matter.
as widely as it did in America. Nevertheless, One groundbreaking film that steered away
in July, the Hong Kong Christian Council from whitewashing this year was the Marvel
announced that more victims were bravely superhero film Black Panther, which came out
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