Path: ...!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: FPP Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Medium: Not Enough Black People in SHOGUN Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 09:07:53 -0400 Organization: Ph'nglui Mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh Wgah'nagl Fhtagn. Lines: 93 Message-ID: References: <6MpUN.2257$lKme.794@fx01.iad> Reply-To: fredp1571@gmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 15:07:54 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="c5f2fe20dbbc7623edde313dddac98b8"; logging-data="3171773"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19q7i+KwMpRqtBlZ/PKH/vc" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.14; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.10.0 Cancel-Lock: sha1:Wmv0/vekmiwlRWF5Ca1FqT4I3hI= In-Reply-To: <6MpUN.2257$lKme.794@fx01.iad> Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 4775 On 4/19/24 4:17 AM, trotsky wrote: > On 4/18/24 11:08 AM, FPP wrote: >> On 4/17/24 2:46 PM, BTR1701 wrote: >>> In article , FPP >>> wrote: >>> >>>> On 4/16/24 3:14 PM, BTR1701 wrote: >>>>> In article , 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-71f >>>>>>> >>>>>>> c1be70ab0 >>>>> >>>>>> 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. >>> >> >> Well, let's see who posted the original thread, shall we? >> >>> 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 >>>> >>>> >> >> Well, well, well... lookey there!  You started the thread... so who >> the fuck am I supposed to reply to, dimwit? >> > > I'd liket to know the answer to this too.  Will Twat be able to get his > balls reattached so he can respond? No one. Thanny bought Usenet, I believe. We get to reply when he lets us. In a pig's ass. -- "Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a man’s mind." - OC Bible 25B.G. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ek8kap93bmk0q5w/D%20U%20N%20E%20Part%20II.jpg?dl=0 Gracie, age 6. https://www.dropbox.com/s/0es3xolxka455iw/BetterThingsToDo.jpg?dl=0