Indian-American comedian Aziz Ansari once again spoke about diversity in Hollywood, joking that it’s strange that the films based on author Nicholas Spark’s books, only star white people.
Ansari shared his views stating that diversity in films is not getting better.
“When people ask me, ‘Do you think the diversity stuff is getting better?’ I’m like, ‘No.’ There’s a poster right outside our writer’s room, it’s one of those Nicholas Sparks books where it’s just two white people just staring at each other,” he said.
Ansari, who stars in the hit Netflix show Master of None, added: “There have been 20 of those movies – not once is it a black woman staring into a guy’s eyes.You know, everyone has romance in their lives. It’s strange that every time it’s two white people falling in love.”
Talking about diversity on television, the Master of None creator shared that the medium too suffers the same problem.
“I looked at some lineup of new shows and it’s like, MacGyver, Training Day with a white guy – what are we doing?” he said.