Runa216 said:
Spike0503 said:
This. I agree so much, I've been saying the same thing on this thread: Create new characters, don't replace already made ones for BS forced "diversity".
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What is the problem with injecting diversity into a production? The Witcher would be almost entirely white basically by accident if they were going entirely based off the inspiration. This is exactly the sort of chance we should take advantage of where a story is set in a fantasy world and therefore allows us to buck trends and expand one's diversity.
There's no reason not to diversify a movie like this. It's not like white roles are suddenly going to shrivel up or anything. This is one production where the color of the skin of the characters is totally irrelevant, and thus a perfect opportunity to add diversity.
People really need to stop making a big deal out of this, it just makes you look insecure and/or racist. Why keep minorities down when you could be using this golden opportunity to spread the love? You chose to stick to white casting, you chose to be angry about the concept of a minority getting a spotlight, this is not something you have to do. you chose to be upset.
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And why do you care so much about diversity in a TV series made from a video game?
Did you write so many and so long comments when The Witcher 3 was released to ask for more black characters in it? No. Nobody really cares about diversity in cultural products, it doesn't change anything in the society. Did the black situation become better thanks to Black Panther? I don't think so.
It's entertainment. Seeing a black Ciri will do nothing for minorities, except help a few Hollywood executives and Internet warriors feel good about themselves. "Today, I defended a black character in a TV show, I can go to bed proud". It's nice and all, but it doesn't change a thing. Considering minorities like inferior races needing saving like this is ridiculous. Most minorities don't care about that anyway. Help them get education, security, jobs. "Representation in the TV adaptation of a video game" is very far in the list, and the most useless one. I'm a minority where I live, and I couldn't care less about seeing someone like me in TV shows (quite the opposite actually, it feels too forced, I'm not a quota), I have way bigger issues than that and representation in TV shows won't help at all.
The racist ones here are not the people complaining about the move, but the people doing and supporting the move. "Poor black people, they can't do anything without our help, so I feel good that I supported a diverse cast" is just another discrimination against them used to feel better about oneself without actually doing anything to help minorities.
If they want to have black characters on screen, just adapt an IP with black characters in it already, and everyone will be happy. But even when they got an IP full of "minorities" (Death Note), they decided that it wasn't good enough to feel good and changed everyone's color anyway, just to be able to say "We support diversities, look at us, we're so diverse and superior". They don't care about the result, they just want to talk about how diverse they are. It's all that matters, the World needs to know how much they love the poor minorities who couldn't do anything with their help.
Netflix are the real racists here.