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[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 211 points 10 months ago

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.

[-] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 89 points 10 months ago

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

[-] sfxrlz@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago

It’s not about the point. It’s bout how you can spin it.

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 43 points 10 months ago

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

[-] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 31 points 10 months ago

I'm buying a ton of Disney stuff right now to throw on the bonfire tonight.

[-] db2@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago

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

[-] sudo42@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Agreed. Want to add that (in my opinion, at least) Lucas's Episodes I, II & III didn't do the series any favors either. :-(

[-] tjsauce@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

They expanded on the world building and action superbly, but Lucas isn't a people person, and it shows

[-] HappyFrog 2 points 10 months ago

Or the fact that they donate a shit ton of money to conservative politicians.

[-] puchaczyk 30 points 10 months ago

Personally, I would love to see the little mermaid played by a big, burly man.

[-] Atin@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago

Terry Crewes would be perfect for the role

[-] Forester@yiffit.net 7 points 10 months ago

Then what kind of absolute unit can even be cast for daddy Tritron?

[-] puchaczyk 20 points 10 months ago

Tritron obviously will be a femboy

[-] Theme 3 points 10 months ago

Finally, roles opening up for me 😳

Watch Disney cast the rock 🙃

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago

“No way in hell are we hiring a white man to play miles morales”

[-] brygphilomena@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago

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.

[-] _tezz@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

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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[-] db2@lemmy.world 129 points 10 months ago

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

[-] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 29 points 10 months ago

y'all qaeda... I'll have to remember that one.

[-] 4am@lemm.ee 21 points 10 months ago

Yokel Haram

[-] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago

Vanilla ISIS

[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago
[-] grue@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

The version I've heard is "coup cucks klan"

[-] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

It just randomly appears on the news feed. Out of curiosity, I went deeper and lol'd.

[-] art@lemmy.world 94 points 10 months ago

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

[-] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 39 points 10 months ago

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

[-] Sumocat@lemmy.world 38 points 10 months ago

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

[-] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 33 points 10 months ago

They were looking for someone to play Martin Luther King.

[-] Zoboomafoo@slrpnk.net 24 points 10 months ago

I don't see any punctuation in that quote, so I'd bet there's a lot of context missing

[-] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 11 points 10 months ago

Who would want to work at Disney tbh

[-] NewNewAccount@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Considering they employ 200,000 people, I’d say quite a lot.

[-] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 11 points 10 months ago
[-] Snapz@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

"...because we've probably already hired 90% of them in the history of our company"

[-] hungryphrog 8 points 10 months ago

oh nooooo poor little white men it's so hard for them

[-] Lemminary@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Hire for what, a janitor? Sounds legit.

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