Nowadays, it can feel like Marvel is nothing but change. Thor, Wolverine and Hawkeye are women. Captain America is African-American. Spider-Man has a...
Diversity Aboveground Articles
Diversity Aboveground: Mexican Films
The world has at least 154 million people who are either Mexican or have Mexican ancestry. 35 million reside in the United States alone. These are large...
Diversity Aboveground: New Fall Tv!
The Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film found that this previous television season contained at least 70% of new programming without a...
Diversity Aboveground: Monkey King’s Feat
Despite the increasing prevalence of imported entertainment from Hollywood, two of China's most successful films this year were Chinese productions....
Diversity Aboveground: Marvel’s Most Wanted
Did the holiday season of gift giving come early? It certainly seemed that way this week as Disney gave its fans two precious gifts...and that's not...
Diversity Aboveground: Dwayne Johnson Rock Bottoms Hollywood
Dwayne Johnson first cultivated his good looks, charisma and excellent sense of timing into a multi-million dollar business with WWE. After the Rock...
Diversity Aboveground: Straight Outta Compton
The film with the highest August opening for a R rated film wasn't a comedy or invoking religious themes. The fifth best August opening of all time...
Diversity Aboveground: Accepting Homosexuality
The world has come a long way in the acceptance of others. In the majority of the western hemisphere and Europe, homosexuals are allowed to marry or at...
Diversity Aboveground: Flashback Friday-Juniper Lee
In 2005, an amazing thing happened on children's television. There were three animated programs with Asian protagonists: Jackie Chan Adventures, American...
Diversity Aboveground: Shakespeare’s Forgotten Feminist Icon?
In school, a large number of people on this planet are required to read the works of William Shakespeare. One of the playwright's most popular writings is...
Diversity Aboveground: Ant-Man’s Racist Trainwreck?
Two very different films came out last weekend: Trainwreck and Ant-Man. How did both handle diversity? Was there a winner? Trainwreck Trainwreck is the...
Diversity Aboveground: Does Supergirl Soar or Suck?
Earlier this year, the first preview for the new Supergirl television series was released. The concept of CBS airing a DC television series on Monday...