Shonda Rhimes finds it "a bit embarrassing" that there’s still inequality in Hollywood.
The 47-year-old television producer has insisted it is a "giant mistake" on the part of TV and movies to not encourage diversity in the industry.
Speaking to Latina.com, she said: "It is a bit embarrassing to me that media and the industry hasn’t grown past itself. Interestingly enough, what I find most shocking is that financially it’s just a giant mistake on the part of TV and movies and products to not portray, or reach out to a multitude of cultures, instead of just thinking of one kind of person and one kind of interest … When you’re the only one of something, the tendency is that you have to represent everybody. So then you end being a stereotype or a totem, or perfect, it’s definitely frustrating."
It comes after the ‘How To Get Away With Murder’ creator called for more LGBT+ representation in the movie and TV industries.
Speaking at the Los Angeles LGBT Centre’s 48th Gala Vanguard Awards, she added: "We all exist in the world. Everyone has the right the see themselves on the screen, and I think it’s really dangerous when that doesn’t happen. There is a tendency to marginalize or stereotype when these types of characters aren’t seen. People deserve realistic portrayals."
Shonda has long been a supporter of having more LGBT+ representation on her shows and hit back after she was criticised for the amount of "gay scenes" in her shows.
Writing on Twitter in 2014 in response to a tweet, she fired back: "There are no GAY scenes. There are scenes with people in them."
Shonda Rhimes slams ’embarrassing’ Hollywood inequality
