The executive producer elaborated on her own role in the show’s lack of inclusion of people of color.
“There were Black shows and there were white shows.
There weren’t a lot of shows that were interracial.”
The cast of ‘Friends’.Reisig & Taylor/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty
Last year, the creatordiscussed the lack of diversity during a panel at ATX TV Festival.
“We’ve always encouraged people of diversity in our company, but I didn’t do enough.”
How can I run my show in a new way?
“I guess at the time I was thinking, ‘This is what I know.
This is what I know,'” said Kauffman on the CNN special.
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