race and diversity in film making

when reading the articles for tuesdays class i couldnt help to think about how discriminated both blacks and women were. if you were to try and name the top five actors in the film making indusrty are i'm about 100% sure that there would be at least one black and one women actor in that list. there is no way that the will smith's, denzel washington's, martin lawrences', eddie murphy's, cameron diaz's, and the halle berry's of the world dont come to mind when you think of good actors we've seen on film. there is no doubt that once upon a time discrimination was high on both women and racial minority groups but i think times have changed. of course there are some movies and sitcoms that have required the main cast to be of one race (the house of pain, friends, the fresh prince of belle air, and two and a half men) and to me its not being racist or discriminating its just the part or the point of the sitcom or movie to show the life of the specific group of people. i feel strongly, at least in terms of the acting position, that there is a fair playing feild on race. and for the record i think the best film ever made on racial discrimination has to be Remember the Titans!!!!!