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ah yes, the token characters, there to either not alienate a foreign market or to meet some superficial diversity quota. the point is that in a world without s
by clairity 5y ago
ah yes, the token characters, there to either not alienate a foreign market or to meet some superficial diversity quota.
the point is that in a world without significant bias, we'd expect to see many more people of color and of other religions (to name just two aspects) being represented because of sheer numbers and because talents are distributed widely.
but that doesn't happen in this world.
- lotsofpulp 5y agoThe only world without a bias might be one where everyone is a clone and has the same bank balance. In the real world, there will always be bias. Height, voice, gender, political affiliations. Forget about bias in US media, there are multiple Hollywood within India itself. And there is nothing wrong with that. They cater to different audiences. And it does not “make sense” for to expect a group of Tamil film makers to add a couple white, black, Chinese, and Latin American characters of their movie is about people who speak Tamil.
- clairity 5y agodidn't say no bias, but rather without significant bias. instead, we have the narrative peddled about how inclusive and diverse hollywood is, when the stats speak for themselves. this narrative is one facet of one echo chamber, tying back to the original article.