• TachyonTele@lemm.ee
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    I was curious so I found the article:
    https://insidethemagic.net/2024/06/disney-executive-caught-saying-company-wont-hire-white-men-rl1/

    The quote is exactly what normal people assume it is, out of context and not the entire quote.

    Twentieth Century Television Senior Vice President Michael Giordano was caught on a hidden video saying that Disney explicitly does not hire “white men” for specific roles.

    For specific roles. That’s pretty fcking obvious. You’re not going to hire a white man to play the little mermaid.

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      Ironically if they did hire a white man to play The Little Mermaid, the hard right nutjobs would be screaming that it was part of a “woke trans agenda” to normalize crossdressing and eliminate the traditional American male from society lol

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      So, you’re saying they’re sexist and racist, and we should all be enraged and immediately donate to our favourite bigots?

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          There are valid reasons for hating on Disney though… like what they’ve done to Star Wars.

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      The original 20 minute video in the article makes it clear he’s talking about job roles, and mentions writers a few times (admittedly not close enough to draw an 100% certain link). I don’t think it’s enough to discredit this just based on the assumption that he’s talking about actors or that there isn’t enough context. Obviously it’s vague enough that we can’t draw any solid conclusions, so I agree with you there.

      The main reason I think this is bullshit is that the guy’s testimony isn’t credible for two main reasons:

      • The guy was recently passed up for promotion, and blames it on being white and male
      • The interviewer is posing as a romantically interested date and asking plenty of leading questions, the guy is at least partially telling her what she wants to hear

      These two points, regardless of how true his story is, give him an ulterior motive for embellishing the story and exaggerating facts, which ultimately means we can’t trust this.

      I’d like to see a full investigation, as with any accusation of discrimination. But we all know that when nothing turns up, it wouldn’t shut the right wingers up

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      You’re not going to hire a white man to play the little mermaid.

      Don’t you tell me what to do.

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      You’re not going to hire a white man to play the little mermaid.

      I don’t know, genderswapping the roles doesn’t seem that far fetched for Disney

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      There’s no way we’re hiring a white man for this role. They’d be very careful how they’d message that to agents.

      Furthering that, they use the word agent. Specifically referring actors.

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        Lots of writers and other crew have agents. It’s not clear from the article if that’s what’s being referred to though.

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    Your first mistake was going to reddit at all. Your second mistake was going to the y’all qaeda subs.

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    Knowing r/conservative, Disney was probably talking about hiring someone to play Tina Turner in a biopic, or something like that.

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        There have been multiple links in the comments to the articles, hours before your comment. Which part exactly said it includes writers and executives?

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                It sounds like you won’t have any trouble copying and pasting the part you’re talking about right here, unless it doesn’t exist.

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                  Giordano went on to say that while only 10-15 percent of the population is gay, he estimates that a third or more of Disney’s writers are gay, and they “lean into gay and transgender stories.”

                  Giordano even focused on his career moving forward, saying he is “one step below being a department head,” but as far as Disney is concerned, he’s only “a white male.”

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                I love vague conversations. It really seals the entire argument, don’t you think?

                (Just in case you’re really as slow as your comments imply you are, I am specifically telling you that you are wrong and we all know you’re refusing to provide any actual evidence whatsoever, because you also know you’re wrong)

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                  Giordano went on to say that while only 10-15 percent of the population is gay, he estimates that a third or more of Disney’s writers are gay, and they “lean into gay and transgender stories.”

                  Giordano even focused on his career moving forward, saying he is “one step below being a department head,” but as far as Disney is concerned, he’s only “a white male.”

                  Now, Ive proven I can read an article. Can you do the same?

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    Interestingly this statement is only presented completely without context. What role where they talking about? I’m sure Steven Miller wouldn’t be satisfied until white men in blackface are playing every role in whatever it is they’re talking about lol

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    I also would not hire a white man to play the new Psylocke. No context quotes mean we get to insert our own, right?

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      Psylocke sounds really close to uhh…something.

      I really hope the character isn’t Jewish lol.

      Edit: Damn alright fine lol, let him be a Jewish superhero named something two letters off from a Jewish slur, I didn’t realize that’d be so popular around here.

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        Dude, come on. Everyone knows the classic comic character Goldsylockstein isn’t Jewish.

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    “…because we’ve probably already hired 90% of them in the history of our company”