{"id":1925,"date":"2026-05-31T20:01:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T03:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ecreates.net\/?p=1925"},"modified":"2026-05-31T20:01:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T03:01:52","slug":"where-are-the-black-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ecreates.net\/?p=1925","title":{"rendered":"Where Are the\u00a0Black Women?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hollywood celebrated a landmark year for women on screen in 2024. Black women were largely not in that room. 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