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From: FPP <fredp1571@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Medium: Not Enough Black People in SHOGUN
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 12:08:36 -0400
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On 4/17/24 2:46 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> In article <uvogdg$1jt55$4@dont-email.me>, FPP <fredp1571@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> On 4/16/24 3:14 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
>>> In article <uvlsre$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-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?

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