They were looking for someone to play Martin Luther King.
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.
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
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
I don’t see any punctuation in that quote, so I’d bet there’s a lot of context missing
I mean. The US has alot of white people so whatever, stupid whining. But here in Canada…
Canada is 70% white and the US is 60% white. What’s your point?
Your first mistake was going to reddit at all. Your second mistake was going to the y’all qaeda subs.
y’all qaeda… I’ll have to remember that one.
Coup Klux Klan
The version I’ve heard is “coup cucks klan”
oh nooooo poor little white men it’s so hard for them