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Why aren't Hollywood films more diverse? The international box office might be to blame

  • Written by Roberto Pedace, Professor of Economics, Scripps College
imageActress Viola Davis focused her speech at the 2015 Emmy Awards on diversity, saying 'The only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity.'Phil McCarten/Invision for the Television Academy/AP Images

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