# Ava DuVernay hiring only female directors

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [May 6, 2018, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ava-duvernay-hiring-only-female-directors/813719 "2018-05-06T21:51:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 9, 2018, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ava-duvernay-hiring-only-female-directors/813719/114 "2018-05-09T09:43:13Z")

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> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#):
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> Sexism.

…that’s a bit of a “wishy washy” answer, don’t you think? I outlined just a tiny fraction of the problems in Hollywood in post #22: and a lot of the problem isn’t just “sexism.” Do you actually understand how we got to this point?

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> If you support sexist policies you are part of the problem

> [@Fix Apu Storyline](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fix-apu-storyline/813553/36):
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> I don’t think an all-white writing team is is a problem, the colour of a person’s skin has no bearing on whether it is any good.

> [@Fix Apu Storyline](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fix-apu-storyline/813553/55):
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> so I assume it _would_ surprise you when I tell you that I don’t think an all-black, all-asian or all-mexican writing team would be a problem either?

Do you support “racist” policies?

By the standards you have set, do you think you might be part of the problem?

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