Marta Kauffman has pledged US$4 million to African and African American studies as she apologised for the lack of diversity onThe 65-year-old, who created the sitcom with David Crane, 64, gave the donation to her alma mater, the Boston area’s Brandeis University, to create an endowed professorship.
It will also help the department to recruit more expert scholars and teachers, map long-term academic and research priorities and provide new opportunities for students to engage in interdisciplinary scholarship, according to the university.: “I’ve learned a lot in the last 20 years. Admitting and accepting guilt is not easy. It’s painful looking at yourself in the mirror.to cast Aisha Tyler, who was the first black actress to become a series regular on the show.
Kauffman added she regrets making the six main characters all white, but is still happy that Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc, and Matthew Perry were all part of the series.reunion special was shown: “I would have been insane not to hire those six actors. What can I say? I wish Lisa was black?”The Guardian