Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Ubiquitous Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Medium: Not Enough Black People in SHOGUN Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 15:36:39 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 44 Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 21:36:41 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="c6414539b657566239b19e60a4062411"; logging-data="1872596"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18FxF+oTFWLulgzYbuTfkhZMuTEusO2nN8=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:OZAQy8TyEL7DB9DT8F2xOTggvlo= X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.12N (x86 32bit) Bytes: 2734 atropos@mac.com wrote: > FPP wrote: >> On 4/16/24 3:14 PM, BTR1701 wrote: >>> FPP 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-71fc1be70ab0 >> > >>>> 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. >> >> I didn't "refute" anything. I explained to you exactly why you won't >> see any black people in SHOGUN. > >Did you have a stroke and somehow think I was the author of the Medium >article that was complaining about no blacks in SHOGUN? > >If not, I can't imagine why you thought I needed an amateur historian >lecture on Japanese history. FPP's thirst for an "Internet win" is real (and irresistable). -- Let's go Brandon!