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From: Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net>
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Subject: Re: Medium: Not Enough Black People in SHOGUN
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 15:36:39 -0400
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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).

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Let's go Brandon!