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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11995416" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="shonda-rhimes" source="Orion">Shonda Rhimes</keyword> told Variety "<keyword id="11995413" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="greys-anatomy" source="Orion">Grey's Anatomy</keyword>'s" legacy of diversity makes her "sad" for TV.</li><li>"We changed the faces that you see on television," she said. </li></ul><p>"Grey's Anatomy" has been recognized for <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/08/arts/television/greys-anatomy-goes-colorblind.html">its diverse cast</a> since the first season aired more than 16 years ago. But the medical drama's creator Shonda Rhimes recently <a href="https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/greys-anatomy-shonda-rhimes-legacy-ending-1235106155/">explained to Variety</a> that making an impact in representation on TV is a bittersweet achievement. </p><p>When asked about what she thinks the legacy of her show will be, she said, "Sadly, I think the legacy might simply just be that we made it possible for more people of color to have jobs on camera on television." </p><p><a href="https://www.insider.com/shonda-rhimes-backlash-greys-anatomy-ellen-pompeo-yelled-denzel-washington-2021-11">Rhimes was very clear</a> on how that makes her feel, saying that the achievement "makes me embarrassed for television."</p><div type="image" title="shonda rhimes" height="1369" width="1825" msid="87689897" hostid="261"></div><p>"We changed the faces that you see on television. And it should not have taken so long for that to happen," Rhimes continued, adding that it makes her feel "arrogant" and "sad" to admit that. </p><p>Rhimes also recalled some backhanded compliments she used to receive in the early years of "Grey's Anatomy" for her inclusive casting. "My favorite thing to hear was, 'Oh, that feels like a fantasy!'" she said. "And I'd be like, 'So basically, the reality that I live in feels like a <a href="https://www.insider.com/ellen-pompeo-horrified-by-greys-anatomy-love-me-scene-2021-11">fantasy to you</a>." </p><h2>'Grey's Anatomy' is still making groundbreaking casting decisions in season 18</h2><p>In October, <a href="https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/greys-anatomy-non-binary-doctor-er-fightmaster-1235098266/">Variety announced</a> that "Grey's Anatomy" actor <keyword id="12527727" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="e-r-fightmaster" source="Orion">E.R. Fightmaster</keyword> would recur on the series as Dr. Kai Bartley. They are the first non-binary actor to play a doctor on the show. </p><p>Weeks before the announcement was made that Fightmaster would recur, "Grey's Anatomy" writer <keyword id="12320123" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jamie-denbo" source="Orion">Jamie Denbo</keyword> spoke to Insider about Dr. Bartley. </p><p>"'Grey's' has always been sort of at the forefront of representation on screen. It is a prerogative, it is an objective of this show to always strive for great representation," she said. "And we just wanted to bring a character who was a doctor who happens to be non-binary."</p><div type="image" title="E.R. Fightmaster on &quot;Grey's Anatomy&quot;" height="1998" width="2669" msid="87689898" hostid="261"></div><p>Denbo pointed out that part of authentic representation involves letting a character exist without putting a "spotlight" on what makes them different with an explicit storyline. </p><p>"We just wanted a really great doctor, and the actor is tremendous," Denbo said. "Everyone is delighted by E.R. Fightmaster who for us just really electrifies the screen." </p><p>She declined to comment on whether Kai and Amelia Shepherd (Caterina Scorsone) eventually become a romantic pairing, though she <a href="https://www.insider.com/greys-anatomy-addison-meets-dereks-kids-ultimate-forgiveness-2021-10">wrote a scene</a> in which the characters have a rather steamy conversation over Zoom. </p><p>Fans are certainly picking up on the pair's chemistry, though. </p>

Shonda Rhimes feels 'embarrassed for television' because of how groundbreaking 'Grey's Anatomy' was in its diverse casting

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="12020199" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ellen-pompeo" source="Orion">Ellen Pompeo</keyword> thinks diverse representation has come a long way but that it can always be better.</li><li>She said that many white people still think if they've "checked a box," the work is over. </li></ul><p>Ellen Pompeo thinks that diversity on "<keyword id="11995413" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="greys-anatomy" source="Orion">Grey's Anatomy</keyword>" has come a long way, but better representation in Hollywood is a constant work in progress.</p><p>The series creator <a href="https://www.insider.com/greys-anatomy-diversity-shonda-rhimes-embarrassed-for-television-2021-11">Shonda Rhimes recently reflected on the show's legacy in an interview with Variety</a>, saying that the medical drama's groundbreaking diverse casting made her "embarrassed for television" because that step should have been taken sooner.</p><p>When asked about Rhimes' comments during an interview promoting <a href="https://www.insider.com/ellen-pompeo-greys-anatomy-impact-medicine-betr-remedies-2021-12">her company, Betr Remedies</a>, Pompeo told Insider that making Hollywood a more equitable space is "a huge part" of her job "every single day" and that nonmarginalized people in the industry need to think beyond simply checking boxes for on-screen diversity.</p><p>"I still find that a lot of white people still feel like they've checked a box and they're good," Pompeo said.</p><p>"I can only speak for our show, obviously. I don't work on anybody else's show, but I would say that I am still shocked at where we are," she continued. "And I think that it's a constant. We don't get somewhere and then we're there and then the work is done." </p><h2>'Grey's Anatomy' has made an effort to represent more marginalized groups in the years since it premiered in 2005</h2><div type="image" title="Ellen Pompeo smiling" height="2083" width="2784" msid="88412848" hostid="261"></div><p>"Grey's Anatomy" broke ground by <a href="https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/greys-anatomy-shonda-rhimes-legacy-ending-1235106155/">changing "the faces you see on television,"</a> as Rhimes put it to Variety, back in 2005. That diversity has come further in the nearly two decades since.</p><p>"I think 'Grey's Anatomy' today looks a lot different than it did in the beginning," Pompeo told Insider.</p><p>The show's first LGBTQ+ character, Dr. Callie Torres (Sara Ramirez), was introduced on season two in 2006, though she doesn't come out as bisexual until a few seasons later. Over a decade later, in 2018, "Grey's" introduced its <a href="https://ew.com/tv/2018/11/01/greys-anatomy-alex-landi-bio/">"first gay male surgeon,"</a> Dr. Nico Kim (Alex Landi). </p><p>As far as representing other marginalized groups, like people with disabilities, Dr. Virginia Dixon, played by the neurotypical actor Mary McDonnell, was the first doctor with autism and appeared in three episodes. The <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/health_and_wellbeing/autistic-doctors-really-house-good-doctor-greys-anatomy-tv-a9612736.html">portrayal has been criticized</a> by <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/aspergers-diary/200902/when-will-abc-get-aspergers-right">people with autism for many years</a>. </p><p>Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital welcomed its first deaf <a href="https://variety.com/2020/tv/features/greys-anatomy-first-deaf-doctor-krista-vernoff-shoshannah-stern-perfect-union-interview-1203502570/">doctor in 2018</a> for several episodes, but the show has portrayed most visibly <a href="https://www.shondaland.com/inspire/a36008847/greys-anatomy-azure-antoinette-disability/">physically disabled characters as patients</a>, not doctors or hospital staff, to date. </p><h2>Pompeo wants to see more diversity behind the camera too</h2><div type="image" title="Ellen Pompeo" height="1727" width="2302" msid="88412850" hostid="261"></div><p>The "Grey's Anatomy" lead hopes to see more diversity behind the scenes, in the rooms where the stories are crafted.</p><p>"It's not enough to just have a Black character on a show or an Asian character on a show or a nonbinary character on the show," Pompeo told Insider. "You then have to back that up and have representation in the writers room to write for that character."</p><p>"You can have 10 nonbinary characters on a show. If there isn't a nonbinary writer to write for those characters to speak to what that really is like, you're only doing a little bit of the work. You're not doing all of the work," she continued. "It's my understanding that people not only want to be seen; they want to be written for by people who know their experience, who can speak for their experience."</p><p>"Grey's Anatomy" introduced the series' first nonbinary character, Dr. Kai Bartley <a href="https://variety.com/2021/tv/features/greys-anatomy-er-fightmaster-representation-love-1235110009/">(played by E.R. Fightmaster)</a> earlier in 2021, during season 18. It's unclear whether any of the writers on the series who are writing for Bartley identify as nonbinary.</p><p>"It's work that has to constantly be tended to," Pompeo said. "It's like a garden."</p>

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