Plans for my arguments on racial inequality in the movies

America has made great strides in racial equality in the past decades.  The gap between races socially and economically has quickly shrunk and essentially all opportunities are available to members of all races.  However, there are some areas of American society that have not improve as much as the others, namely the film market.Theatre itself has come under fire for being one of the only businesses that openly chooses employees based on what they look like and what race they are.  Actors are chosen based on what directors and producers believe will best match a character and bring in audiences.  Opportunities for black actors have grown over the years, but after examining the white audience reaction to black characters and the lack of successful black lead actors, it's obvious that the film world still holds some racial prejudice.

I'll be using several different kinds of evidence to support my argument:
IMDB might be my main source.  Although it is an open-edited source, it has accurate facts on big-name actors and the movies they were in.  I'll use the data from this to examine success of certain actors.
A study, "The Role of Actors' Race in White Audiences' Selective Exposure to Movies" is in the Journal of Communication, associated with the International Communication Association.  It describes black characters in movies and the way that white audiences react to them.  I will use results from the study to support my claim and provide potential reasoning behind why certain races don't have as much success in movies due to audience opinions.
My third source will be a newspaper article discussing the growth of the "urban" film market.  This article discusses the growing black family movie genre.  This might seem like an opposing view to my argument, as it shows that there are more opportunities for black actors, but it does support my claim.  While the "urban" film market - films catering to black audiences - is growing rapidly with stars such as Ice Cube, Chris Rock, and Tyler Perry, this separate genre is still segregated, with small percentages of white viewers.  Because of this, racial inequality is still present.