[1] Prominent actors or filmmakers may use their negotiating power to insist on such provisions.
The idea was developed by Stacy L. Smith, professor at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism,[2] in a 2014 op-ed for The Hollywood Reporter[3] and in her 2016 TED talk.
[4] Together with the film executive Fanshen Cox DiGiovanni[5] and the commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Kalpana Kotagal[6][7][8] Smith created a template for an inclusion rider.
[9] Inclusion riders became more widely known at the 2018 Academy Awards, when actress Frances McDormand said at the end of her Best Actress acceptance speech, "I have two words to leave with you tonight, ladies and gentlemen: inclusion rider!
"[10][11][12] Still, in June 2019, the New York Times reported that inclusion riders remained rarely used, although studios pursued other diversity policies.