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From: BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
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Subject: Re: Medium: Not Enough Black People in SHOGUN
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In article <uvlsre$v26u$1@dont-email.me>, FPP <fredp1571@gmail.com> 
wrote:

> On 4/12/24 3:33 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> > Apparently a show about feudal Japan isn't diverse enough even though it
> > has hardly any white people-- 'not white' being the usual definition of
> > 'diversity' in Hollywood.
> > 
> > Now it seems that the definition of 'diversity' is morphing yet again and
> > it now doesn't matter how many other minorities are in your show, you still
> > have to have a quota of black people regardless of whether their presence
> > makes any damn sense or not.
> > 
> > https://medium.com/afrosapiophile/where-are-the-black-people-in-shogun-71fc1
> > be70ab0

> Guess we need another history lesson. Yes, there were black people 
> living in Japan in 1600 (and before). We don't see them in SHOGUN for 
> two reasons.
> 
> 1) They were, statistically insignificant in number.
> 2) SHOGUN is based on real historical figures and events that took place 
> in Osaka on the Island of Honshu.

So bitching about no black people in SHOGUN is stupid, like I said.

You're so obsessed with refuting everything I say that you no longer 
even notice when you're agreeing with me.