“Hi sweetie. I have the creative team I want for this project. So why don’t you just go sit in a corner and shut up. I will, however, make sure to acknowledge you as a collaborator when the time comes.”
If I were a woman or minority in the music or movie biz, I would start offering myself as somebody who is willing to sit down and shut up, for a price. The price includes a solemn promise never to whine or winge about my marginal (nonexistent) contribution to the creative process.
Set asides lead to featherbedding. Given the amount of money in the entertainment industry, it could be a very comfortable bed.
Used to know a female welder. She made a fortune just having to show up on all kinds of union jobs to satisfy quotas. Nice lady, good worker, too. But way more jobs came her way than others in the local.