Black And Native Writers Dissect How They Represent One Another In Television Because of the erasure that we ve experienced in media and the way we tell history, we don t see each other in each other s stories,” says writerAzie Dungey, a Black Native woman of Pamunkey descent.
Who gets to tell the story is critical to making diversity and inclusion the norm in Hollywood. In recognition of that, the Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) presented an enlightening panel titled “The Story of US: Decolonizing Black and Native/Indigenous Narratives,” co-hosted by the Committee of Black Writers (CBW) and the Native American and Indigenous Writers Committee (NAIWC). Lynne D’Angelo, a Native Haudenosaunee writer who has written for several shows, including