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From: FPP <fredp1571@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Medium: Not Enough Black People in SHOGUN
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 08:47:44 -0400
Organization: Ph'nglui Mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh Wgah'nagl Fhtagn.
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On 4/16/24 3:14 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> 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.


I didn't "refute" anything.  I explained to you exactly why you won't 
see any black people in SHOGUN.

You really should work harder on your reading comprehension.
They were there, but very few in number, and not in Osaka.

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