TV Salaries Leaked, Showing How Much Less Black Actors Are Paid
TV STAR SALARIES REVEAL PAY GAP BETWEEN WHITE AND MINORITY ACTORS via NewsWeek : There is one anomaly on the list of highest earners: Dwayne Johnson, who is of black and Samoan descent, is able to command a huge $400,000 fee for HBO’s Ballers . But one can deduce the fact he’s a bonafide A-list movie star who essentially does television as a side project factors into that paycheck. Look at the lower-end of the totem pole and a pattern emerges: many of the actors are minorities and, oddly, many of the names have earned critical acclaim for their roles, but their pay doesn’t seem to be commensurate with their cultural impact. At this juncture it seems pertinent to point out that earning $100,000 an episode is by no means akin to living in abject poverty; these actors are indeed very privileged to earn the salaries they do compared to the average Joe. However, one must acknowledge that these actors are working in a completely different industry to the average Joe,...