Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Rhino Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Medium: Not Enough Black People in SHOGUN Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 17:54:29 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 24 Message-ID: <20240412175429.000005c9@example.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 23:54:31 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="cc6b1970738edbc968e3ee2fa5568d4b"; logging-data="2715942"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+rh0wMl+36JyV/+ty80Gd5VsUqVGN+Llc=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:nvUd6ABe8V49tXU5ZrARRw6ZKF0= X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.2.0 (GTK 3.24.41; x86_64-w64-mingw32) X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 240412-4, 4/12/2024), Outbound message Bytes: 1971 On Fri, 12 Apr 2024 19:33:34 +0000 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-71fc1be70ab0 > > I can hardly wait until the next time they make a series about the Revolutionary War and find themselves creating black leaders among the revolutionaries to write the Constitution, lead the Army, etc. etc. just to placate the DIE crowd.... -- Rhino