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Canadian Kids TV Animation Nears Racial Equality, Says Report

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The Canadian animation industry's racial reckoning has received an A from a new report on representation for homegrown kids and youth TV cartoon content.

But the report card on Canadian-made cartoon series like Cartoon Network's Bakugan and Netflix's Cupcake & Dino reveals main characters that are young girls remain vastly outnumbered by main boy characters.

The Children's Media Lab at Ryerson University in Toronto on Thursday said on-screen portrayals of people of color on Canadian-made shows had neared racial equity.

Within 121 main human characters analyzed, 51 percent of main roles in the Canadian kids TV content were white, while 49 percent represented people of color.

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