Equity activists are outraged over the disappearance of ‘white guilt’ that justified DEI’s existence
after Disney, Netflix, Warner Bros, and others lose money, force out their high-paid loser DEI chiefs
The Blaze ^ | July 12, 2023 | Carlos Garcia
Posted on 7/13/2023, 7:57:28 AM by Twotone
EDITED-—Racial equity activists are outraged after several large companies dropped their diversity, equity, and inclusion consultants......after huge company losses.
The outrage was documented in a report from the Los Angeles Times that noted the exits of DEI experts at Disney, Netflix, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and Warner Bros’ Discovery.
“I wake up every day trying not to be a cynic, but this is frightening,” Vic Bulluck of the NAACP Hollywood bureau ignorantly stated.
“Hollywood seems to be sending a message that these programs that were designed to (gag) “give more access to African Americans” are no longer needed.”
The report noted that all of the DEI chiefs dismissed were black women.
Business strategist Kim Crayton claimed that she predicted that the corporate support of DEI programs would be short-lived.
“2020 was the year that we were definitely making strides — but there wasn’t any strategy, there wasn’t any plan,” she explained.
“It was a PR moment — corporate blackface,” she added. “I told people at the time: ‘White guilt isn’t going to last.’”
Disney, Netflix, and Warner Bros. Discovery told the Los Angeles Times that these criticisms were inaccurate and that they were still committed to the cause of equity and diversity.
Crayton facetiously went on to say claim that DEI consultants were too busy “having to deal with white people’s feelings” to make any lasting change about inequity.
“If you don’t have the autonomy, the resources or the authority to make changes, it won’t work,” she said speaking in a total vacume, without a scintilla of factual proof. “Many of these women spend the majority of their time “navigating white people’s feelings’ — and you cannot do the work if you have to do that.”
Former NBC Universal diversity chair Paula Madison put her own biased spin on it.
“In many instances, other than receiving humongous salaries, the person in those roles has no power,” Madison explained. “These DEI officers are just treading water — and sometimes they are drowning. These things were never designed to be successful.”
The exasperation of DEI proponents was mirrored by that of LGBTQ activists who complained that corporations had been backing off from their support of the far-left movement during the very lucrative Pride Month.
That’s a decent start…go woke harder Disney…
Yesterday the weather was beastly hot, so my wife and I visited a large electronics/recreation/outdoor-sports store to buy another A/C for our apartment.
While my wife shopped, I roamed the store. And on the shelves I saw all sorts of Disney themed products to buy: children's toys, jigsaw puzzles, education study books for kids, Disney-themed party supplies and decorations.
And invariably, When Japanese visit America, where do they go? They go to America's magnificent theme parks: Disney World, Universal Studios, etc.
And yet, Japan's economy is now struggling. Since October 2022, the yen has lost about 28% of its value against the dollar.
Why? Well, my thinking is the Ukraine war and Bidung's destruction of U.S. oil and gas production is causing much of the squeeze. Though Japan is one of the most volcanic nations on Earth, it has virtually no natural petroleum or gas to tap.
And Bidung's insane push to replace American ICE and hybrid autos/trucks with all-electric battery vehicles has caused Americans to stop buying Toyotas, Hondas, Nissans etc.
Though you rarely hear it expressed, Japanese know American leadership is in decline. The average citizen can't put their finger on the problem because the media here suppresses the news-- same as the press does in America.
And I'm convinced that the Disney "woke" issues in America are not seen in Disney Japan. And it's because the average person would turn against Disney if they tried to push a woke agenda.
Japan is a fundamentally conservative nation. Politeness and respect for traditional values are built into the culture and language. 50% of the populace still wears Covid masks in public. Almost 100% of retail and restaurant industry workers are still required to wear masks, even though the Japanese government says the Covid crisis is over.
During the heat of the summer, the American fashion is "beach wear": shorts, sandals, and casual tops. But here, most people dress conservatively. Women's dresses and pants are cut below the knees, and the arms and shoulders are generally covered up in airy cotton blouses that mostly cover up the arms and shoulders.
So you begin to understand why a company like Disney operates differently in Japan. It's because "We the People" of Japan won't put up with destroying Walt Disney's original vision of family oriented, culture-enhancing content.