Amazon primes video's DIVERSITY CHECKLIST exposes them and RINGS OF POWER

[@F1rstWorldNomaD]

16:00 They actually ARE telling you that. They legit argued that Ophra is more oppressed than a white homeless man. This is an ACTUAL argument they made.

[@thattinawoman5119]

I worked for a major large tech corporation for many many years...there was a policy that that started maybe 5 years prior to COVID that an interview panel (when interviewing potential new hires) wasn't considered diverse unless there was a woman on it. As a woman, I was sitting on panels for technologies I wasn't that familiar with and didn't know the team priorities or goals, but hey, a woman was present so as long as the diverse check box was filled, it was all good. It was all such as sham - I wasn't on the panel for my talents, I was on because of my gender.

[@arondahlberg5086]

That's actually sexism, to pick someone because of their gender rather than their talent and skills😆

[@thattinawoman5119]

@@arondahlberg5086 Oh yes, I pointed that out to them...but they said I should feel good about being picked since I was being included. They couldn't fathom why I was so insulted.

[@PsypherWolf]

@@thattinawoman5119 That's doubly sexist then, because they also don't really believe a woman could get there on their own merit.

[@Some_Really_Random_Dude.]

@@PsypherWolf Not only that, it makes people who could have gotten there on their own merit, resent someone for their gender. It actively makes the situation worse.

[@thattinawoman5119]

@@PsypherWolf Exactly. But whatever upper management told them to do they did. I'm glad I escaped that company for a sane one (they still do exist).

[@starstoryteller]

As a woman I think it should be quality representation over quantity representation. I'd rather no women in a show than a shoe-horned broad that makes no sense.

[@Justin-pe9cl]

Damn straight.

[@patrapoutrouli]

In the LOTR movies there were few women but they were such good and complex characters that they became geniue role models for me! In RoP there are significantly more women but their characters are written so badly and flatly that I can't identify with a single one of them

[@MrMaxBoivin]

In my experience, every broad makes no sense. ... That's just a bit of a joke.

[@zipperzee]

That was the issue I had with Tauriel in The Hobbit movies. I would've cut her role completely.

[@ashleighwillis8564]

@@patrapoutrouli Eowyn has one of my favourite scenes in ROTK purely because the film ( and of course Tolkiens works ) set up the watcher/ reader to root for Eowyns character by placing statements like her brother Eomers. Stating that war is the province of men. And this is not to be taken as an insult but coming from a place of caring, love and respect. Theoden also states as much. But it is this that makes you want Eowyn to succeed. You WANT her to prove them wrong and stand/ die by their side. Eowyn also never tries to elavate herself above others, merely to 'fight for those she loves'. It's not about power but endearment, respect and to be given the opportunity to represent herself with her kinsmen; as a rohirrim. Galadriel in ROP is just written to appear one note, always right, stern, takes no quarter and tough without character. She does not fight for those she loves as we have not SEEN her love anything. She has no endearing qualities were Eowyn is lovable almost immediately. Even IF her soup is horrible.

[@tallulahbeaverhausen4382]

Shad displayed in the intro more love and passion for storytelling and well-crafted characters than all the morons from hollywoke who are handed billions of dollars to crush and destroy revered franchises and beloved heroes. May the Gods favor you in all your projects, Shad !

[@JayStrun]

Personally I've always loved the nickname "Hollyweird" over "Hollywoke" because Hollywood has always just been... well, weird. Such a disconnect from the real world and you need only look to poor Brendan Frasier for proof of that.

[@LBrobie]

hear hear!! 👍👍

[@lueysixty-six7300]

@@JayStrun I can't know what you mean about Brendon Frasier...?? That...he got fat..?? That...he was a leading man for a while in the naughts...?? That he.....what..??

[@Hekk.]

@@reek4062 what diversity? Surely not diversity of thought, that's a sin in the woke cult.

[@tylermcneeley3136]

@@lueysixty-six7300 He was sexually harrassed by his boss

[@DesiusDoesStuff]

I've mentioned this before, it's shocking how you can look at their own playbook and see them break their own rules when and wear it suits them. They also have no rules or guidelines for the stereotyping or casting of white european minority groups either. Hypocrisy is rife. I'm happy a bigger channel than mine is pointing this out!

[@matthewwells2520]

No, see you don't get it. Asian people don't count because they tend to be successful in business.

[@alberto5770]

Looking after the ginger group finally being represented, just as bold people and left handed ones, there are so many marginalized groups...

[@DesiusDoesStuff]

@@alberto5770 well they've done a wonderful job ridiculing Irish people and travellers of Irish Heritage/gypsies so far. But they're white minorities so they don't matter by the logic of their playbook.

[@M-S_4321]

'UsThem' is how to create separation regardless of how much the Diversity chant drones on.

[@matthewwells2520]

@@alberto5770 Right! We need a television show made entirely of left handed autistic persons who identify as non-female.

[@Verto2]

As a person with actual disability I feel disgusted that they believe you can just choose to be like that. It's just a big spit to the face to actually disabled people.

[@Verto2]

@@GothamClive it's the part were they wrote that they aim for 10% of the cast to be "self-identifying disabled people" and there is no such thing as identifying as disabled person, you etheir are disabled or not, riding on a wheelchair and saying you identify as disabled doesn't make you one.

[@lyrigageforge3259]

Agreed. I have bit of mobility issues. When I was listening that list - I thought it was literally the opposite of what it was trying to claim to be. Like trying to be 'non discriminatory' but managing to literally discriminate literally by even making that bloody list. Besides I think movies set to certain kind of stories or history should respect the cultures and times they are set into - for real - so, no not all places used to have for example colored folks at certain time in the past. In that kind of a case it isn't discriminatory, even if it does not include all the variety of different kind of people. And also there really are even white groups of people who have historically gotten discriminated against. But that does not mean one needs to go on showing a wrong image about something historical. Or indeed, twist the appearances of cultures in some darn fantasy story - because that author who created it actually did a lot of work to invent all set layers to make his environment alive. As a writer - that is one of those most fun parts about writing - the ability to invent a world, its peoples and such. Even the invented cultures have value, because some of those features will have story-line related importance. Starting to push some 'variety' into environments that did not have that to start with only makes them seem literally racist or discriminatory for trying too hard to not be. Besides, roles and jobs should really go to people who have the skills. In true equality none of those 'groupings' matter one darn bit - everyone has their changes based on their skills and weather they fit the task at hand. Say like, if they match the looks and manner a character is written. I for one don't want to be made feel like I am somehow a member of a weirdly special group that has to be babied.

[@MarkoDash]

we can always help make them 'post-op'

[@toodlescae]

I feel the same. After dealing with a disability for almost 50 years it's like a slap in the face for people to say they can self-identify as disabled.

[@shinian6523]

This might be phrasing used by the 'woke' crowd to reflect their 'identity politics cult'. I guess according to the cult you never are something, you simply identify as such. Bizarre to apply it to disabilities. Morffyd Clark mentioned in an interview something about being dyslexic. It seemed out of place to her point, but I wonder whether she was meaning to 'identify' as disabled to identify with that 'victim class'.

[@nightfall902]

As a young child I read. From literature I learned of religion, politics, about different races, and history. Books by Dumas, Dickens, Twain and many, many others were more than the story. It was about the time they were written in. Descriptions of the time and place was important. When you modernize classic literature and turn them into cartoons, soften all the edges. all that is lost.

[@booshmcfadden7638]

When the fake job of Diversity Expert took off, I said that any company who hires a Diversity and Inclusion councilor is openly saying that their business is racist and isn't inclusive. With how they treat people (specifically black people), it appears I was 100% correct.

[@daCATgraphics]

In my experience the people that scream the most about racism are the biggest racists.

[@handgun559]

Then you had a shitty diversity team dude. Look around for diversity task forces after civil rights. If we got rid of these practices white people would just start hiring only white people again. Like we have to make it a law to hire diversely because our nation for several hundred years WASNT hiring them. Like, as a gay dude I really am fine with laws that "mark" me to make sure I don't get fired or rejected for being gay. It fucking protects my ability to survive. Please. PLEASE don't take or vote these laws away!

[@Bastardson_]

It's the corporate equivalent of beginning a sentence with: "I'm not a racist, but..."

[@M-S_4321]

@@daCATgraphics That is the simplest way to identify the racists. People screaming racism are announcing they are part of the cult.

[@decimated550]

You would cry for my poor friend. He is the legal counsel at my company, and he is so woke. Uses his smarts to get a JD and has done well in his career. But then my company went woke and it fell on him to do the racial statistics gathering that he hates so much

[@mrrselfdestruction1077]

"marginalized" you ever seen an American commercial? We're 60% black.

[@svendragon8139]

Give it 15 years and the US will be 60% "tanned"

[@paulherman5822]

And about 40% or more are "alternative sexualities," according to DC shows like "Legends of Tomorrow." Not remotely a new thing from media in general.

[@mrrselfdestruction1077]

@@svendragon8139 wait until they find out Mexicans are also European.

[@Some_Really_Random_Dude.]

@@mrrselfdestruction1077 Or the Asian market engaging in white supremacy.

[@guillermoelnino]

if there is a white woman its 100% a biracial couple

[@haleyschreiter9746]

Thank you for breaking down the inconsistencies and pointing out the inevitable discrimination built into this "corporate playbook." Keep speaking common sense, Knights!

[@mateuszagodowski185]

Gentelmen, I watch many channels, but you have the most positive energy. Keep going.

[@DavidM_10]

Imposing inflexible numerical quotas on fiction is the death of art. What happened to simply showing *good judgement* on a story-by-story basis?

[@tomash9182]

There are words in the 'playbook' that allow flexibility. Where story allows, where it doesn't compromise, aspirational goals... It's up to the people how they choose to read those. When you throw in words like at minimum and then list categories that add up to 100%, it may mess with the aspirational part of things.

[@marcogenovesi8570]

good judgement requires the management to actually understand what is going on. Writing down simple number rules to define what is good and what is not allows them to pretend to do their job still without understanding what is really going on

[@maccagrabme]

All of these shows and movies will become completely unwatchable for the average person, there is no way you can have a good production if hindered by quotas.

[@marcogenovesi8570]

@@maccagrabme why you speak in future tense? It has already happened. Try watching the Batwoman or Resident Evil tv series

[@maccagrabme]

@@marcogenovesi8570 Hi, I meant when they get their 30% diversity quotas and then rising to 50%.

[@metalassassin8841]

So for eg. If they'd make a show of the past battles from my country. Like Vlad the Impalers, Stephan the Great, Michael the Brave etc. The Ottomans would have 50% female janissaries, the Ottoman leader would be a black woman, and Michael the Brave would be an Asian trans woman. Which would obviously be perfectly historically accurate 🙃

[@douglasarthur2673]

Yep. You got it.

[@caseybishop2029]

They will fuck up the story and claim it as fictional tho.

[@aldeen9190]

In 2050 putin will be played by fat black man and instead bear they will use lion

[@MrScartz123]

dap :(

[@franciscor390]

It's a recipe for disaster.

[@SuperLuis225]

I like that there's rules on race now. For the longest time I've been dying to ask... Can I ever look at a toothpaste commercial the same way if there's no gay, black, trans people brushing their teeth in the commercial? Now I know that EVRYONE brushes their teeth...

[@jarnobrofelt1891]

😂👏👏

[@daCATgraphics]

The fact that KZbin unsubscribed me from your channel inspired me to purchase your book. You guys at the Watch are providing me with many laughs, so am proud to support you. Love from Norway.

[@canadianeh4792]

I love how America-centric it is too. When they say, "it should reflect what the world actually looks like" they mean "it should reflect what LA actually looks like"

[@seefoghall]

Someone I know works for one of these idiot companies who discriminate when hiring, the company had 2 similar programming positions to fill. The interviewers were told that 1 position MUST be filled by a female...the adverts gained interest from 7 people. Only ONE was a woman, so under their company rules they HAD TO hire the female, even if all 6 male applicants were better for the job on merit! It's retarded !!! Now, in this case, it worked out that they ranked the female 2nd out of the 7 on merit and it worked out...but can you imagine having to hire inferior employees, limiting a business's potential to make profit just because of private parts.

[@HiddenHandMedia]

I see it in the Police force and the Fire Dept. They actually are told to drag people instead of carrying them because women can't pick people up.

[@therealnotanerd]

Eventually all instututions, private or public, will crumble. It will take some time, but the idiocracy will take its toll.

[@shiningcartoonist]

@@therealnotanerd I've heard it called 'the War on Competency'

[@STEVSGONE]

Haha and all over the radio with we're in equal opportunity employer! LOL what else is on?

[@STEVSGONE]

@@HiddenHandMedia if I get dragged along by a total stranger I'm going to stand up that's just how I am even if it means returning to consciousness.

[@metalassassin8841]

It's weird as hell seeing Shad in normal clothes 🤣

[@thebatman4279]

I agree, how can we be sure it's not an imposter...?

[@throgoy]

Could he actually live among us humans

[@metalassassin8841]

@@throgoy Hmmm maybe?😅

[@marcogenovesi8570]

@@throgoy Hello fellow humans

[@MrMaxBoivin]

I mostly thought that this jacket looked way too warm for Australia.

[@SpinDlsc]

Never knew trans-abled people were a thing. Now THAT is genuinely offensive. Leave it to Amazon to keep being one of the most dehumanizing companies in the global market.

[@chriscollins2095]

Do trans-abled people want to be disabled? I'm in a wheelchair, and being able to walk normally would make my life much better. If trans-abled is just wanting to not be disabled, that just sounds normal. But if there are people who'd break their own legs or blind themselves, that's really scary.

[@murphsmodels8853]

@@chriscollins2095 There really are people like that. CLosing the insane asylums in the 80's really ruined society. . Rather than treating the crazies, they're now running the country.

[@Anon3433]

@@chriscollins2095 There's a woman that TLC made documentaries on that blinded herself because she wanted to be blind and felt 'wrong' being able to see

[@5h4ndt]

If that will ever be a thing, I'm going to park on those parking lots for disabled people. ( don't @ me, I'm just joking )

[@MordethKai]

Anyone remember Godfrey Elfwicks Trans-Trans?

[@meh-c5i]

6:21 ‘Amazing’ Amazon Writer: “Harfoots are black because Tolkien said they were of ‘browner skin,’ so take that bigots.” Me: “You have never worked a day outside in the summer in your life, have you?” ‘Amazing’ Amazon Writer: “What? No. I leave that to my gardener, Jose.” Me: “Ever hear of a ‘Farmer’s Tan?” ‘Amazing’ Amazon Writer: “They have tanning salons?” Me: “…”

[@adamaccountname]

Even Neil Gagman thought that was a gotcha. There's characters who were illustrated as white during Tolkiens lifetime described as having brown hands in the book, eg Tom Bombadil

[@wumpusrat]

The response I usually had for stuff like that was something like this: "If you were describing several Asian groups, and said one was 'browner of skin', would you think Southeast Asian/Pacific Islander, or African?" "If you were describing several African tribes, and described one as 'lighter of skin', would you think just lighter-skinned African, or Caucasian?" It seems like any reference to "darker skin", makes these people immediately jump to "black". Hell, there are several animes where they claim the characte is black, despite it literally being drawn as an Asian person with a tan (including very clear tan lines).

[@KingBarnaDuke]

The head of RAF recruitment in the UK resigned her position recently. Because she was told to "pause" recruitment of white males in favour of women and minorities. She explained in her resignation letter " Any such restrictions on hiring, however temporary and limited, could undermine the fighting strength of the Royal Air Force." Of course, the RAF denied it. Its not just the media.

[@dwavenminer]

So they want: -Racial awareness -Racial hierarchy -The whole world to be under one government -Anyone that disagrees with them to be ostrisised Should we dare to ask thier opinions on: -Jewish people -Camps ???

[@jsw973]

The terrifying part is that their leader is now the richest dude in the world, as opposed to the leader of a nation in crisis

[@TheZapan99]

Someone needs to learn what Kapos were.

[@viperstriker4728]

They won't call out Chinese camps and people with the same political leanings built camps in Austria. In Canada they used hotels, but still you can't leave, so the concentration part still applies.

[@Vosslyn]

"my comic book universe" THE SHADIVERSE IS STARTING

[@abbyscreativecastle]

I was just thinking that! So excited!!

[@arohk4415]

I can make an example how "divisity" in an english medieval setting works, remember the Kevin Costner Robin Hood movie? he had a Black/Arab companion he brought with him from the crusades, played by Morgan Freeman. It made sense from a story and lore perspective and i doubt anyone complained about that. but it would be Awkward if Morgan Freeman played the King of England.

[@vojvodd]

I'm sure they'll prioritize hiring Irish people seeing to their historical oppresion

[@luthasunspell8365]

I worked for a large retail company for about 2 years. We had to go through diversity training once a year. Basically, they ask you to look at two photos, one is a white older men in a suit, and one is a young woman (or thinks they’re a woman) with blue hair and pierced tongue and tattooed throat and pick which one you think looks like a manager. If you pick the guy who’s dressed professionally and NOT wearing a shredded pleather miniskirt, they show you a pop up asking you to “reflect on your bias” and try again. It just gets worse from there. Diversity quotas are the death of appreciating each others’ differences and gifts and cultures.

[@grimmwolf9690]

I worked for amazon, 50% of the supervisors on up through senior management and the front office are diversity hires. Most of the rest are only in leadership positions because they were outside of work friends with the others before they got the job. If you are a white man and not one of those two groups you are f'ed when it comes to advancment and even job security. I witnessed open sexual harassment, safty violations, policy violations, and even theft, that was overlooked on multiple occasions with the same individuals just because they ticked a box or they were besties with their bosses or HR. Oddly enough quite a few, at least 25% of the employees, aren't even locals, they are transplants from leftist hot beds like new york, boston, cal, Chicago, etc.

[@masamune2984]

Absolutely nothing wrong with New York, Chicago, or Boston. Amazing cities, with wonderful people. It’s always so silly when people judge people on which state they are from. Unless you are talking about California, of course.

[@Fractured_Unity]

@@masamune2984 The irony is palpable

[@117Haseo]

@@masamune2984 Its not about whos living there and more about whos running said cities, you can be a wonderful person and still have the unfortunate luck of being raised in a place that has issues and boy howdy do all of those cities have issues usually stemming from the top.

[@als3022]

I do meet a few good people from New York and Boston. Yankees who saw the horrors their neighbors created and wanted something different. But, lets be honest, they are the exception. Most transplants want to do it right this time who move to other regions. They shit their bed and think it won't stink when they shit our bed this time. Like locusts. We don't take kindly to their kind round here.

[@mattwroe4776]

I worked for TfL in London and it was the same. Trying for promotion as a white man is hard, if your female or minority they will gladly leapfrog you up to reach targets. They wonder why things go to shit. I've met many women and black colleagues that were excellent and it diminishes their hard work when someone else gets promoted for targets. Qualification and years experience is what matters. Maybe remove sex and race from cvs and have interviews of the top few people then there is no exclusion and only those suitable for the role, but when I mentioned this it was apparently racist to as systemic racism holds certain people back but even though I don't belive it in modern times in doesn't matter you still need to be qualified hiring a token employee white others have the required qualifications is plain wrong

[@lastunicorn846]

People often quote that "browner of skin" out of context. Tolkien also described those hobbits as "red-cheeked", "bright-eyed" and as most commonly having brown hair.

[@ffordegroupie4931]

It's intentionally taking it out of context to support the "Harfoots were black" thesis, bc they know perfectly well that in atime when Brits were 99% white, he meant that they just were tanned maybe olive skinned at most.

[@Flutter_Aeina]

Seeing all your book stuff in the beginning makes me so happy! I love seeing people being able to get their stories out there!

[@DmncPalm]

Thank you for everything Shaddy-boy. Ive been watching for ages, long before politics became popculture.... Thank you for standing by us regular people from ten years ago. This world has gone mad and we need all the help we can get. I will buy another copy of shadow of the conqueror!

[@Blackreaper777]

Rings of Power casting makes so much more sense with these guidelines in mind.

[@mikevanelsen6421]

Also I thought that the civil rights act of 1964 made such hiring practices illegal? So doesn't that policy violate us federal law?

[@user-Sea68]

20:23 They also saying that the quota group doesn't have enough qualified people to compete on an even footing, so they have to be given a hand up. All that does is create the impression that the competent people in the quota group are also not capable.

[@timscarberry2778]

Where is oz?

[@ilikecatsandstuff1]

Heard he's sick and I heard he had a fight with Shad. Dunno which one is true but it's a shame either way because he was my favorite person on the channel.

[@svendragon8139]

May the Oz-man cometh!

[@ilikecatsandstuff1]

@Telos IV Neither do I honestly. For as much shit as people gave him, he was the only one willing to give the "other side" benefit of the doubt sometimes and I think Shad didn't like that

[@AnaFolkenstal]

It's still amazing to me how California is trying to force-feed the world with these crappy playbooks that no one likes. Rings of Power: "Take our diverse people and let us ridicule Europeans like the Irish and Scottish!" This sounds like internalized racism towards Europe.

[@taowroland8697]

Hollywood isn't run by European people. No, these rats are those that wear round hats, and have created nothing, but rot & twist those beautiful things created by others into crude mockeries.

[@hamletksquid2702]

The bubble these people live in happens to be located in California, but they'd be just as oblivious to reality no matter where they were.

[@ffordegroupie4931]

Not internalized, they're very open about it. They hate Europeans and want them all replaced with pocs.

[@SergioLeonardoCornejo]

Because no one puts a stop to this. I actually saw similar checklists on many publishing companies, editors, and agents back in 2018. That's why the best books are independently published nowadays.

[@bendoe5863]

Its not internalised, they are open about it.

[@mikestanmore2614]

Remember that this virtue signalling is coming from a company whose monthly warehouse staff turnover is about 3%. Their warehouse staff don't come from privileged backgrounds.

[@strategicgamingwithaacorns2874]

Amazon workers can't even go to the bathroom without getting fired. That in itself should be a reason not to get a Prime Subscription.

[@mikestanmore2614]

The more a fictional setting comes to resemble our world (and particularly the US), the more mundane it becomes. A number of series based on diverse myths from around the world would be far more interesting than a generic fantasy setting populated with a cast randomly selected by ethnicity.

[@DavidM_10]

Yeah, they make no distinction between white cultural groups. The Rings of Power pays little respect to the British/Anglo-Saxon culture upon which TLOTR is based, and The Witcher series pays little respect to the Polish/Slavic culture upon which its world is based. To the industry, these are just stories about white people and therefore ripe for modernisation.

[@Xearrik]

A hateful bad spirited person takes over a franchise about good people defeating evil. The new story is poorly written and all the "good" people are unlikeable. What a surprise!

[@hyperboreanmustache]

Watch out with the antisemitic remarks

[@robertpatter5509]

Subvert. Then invert. That's what they did. Witches.

[@blw4089]

@@reek4062 that's a childish insult

[@Ruddigore]

Amazing that nowhere in their diversity checklist is 'talent' ever mentioned as part of the criteria.

[@shiranuiprestonsaga8867]

Man I just want stories to make sense if it's a more Homogenous people in the story have more people of the same race. If it's a very diverse culture then have a diverse people in the stories. My story that I'm working on takes place 100 years after the complete collapse of the world (literally) so it would make sense for it to have some what diverse or Homogenous race and a completely different culture then what is going on today.

[@sgttimmay9151]

That whole article is actually oppressive when you think about it. The right of free will to choose what you want do in you're life and achieve in something you're passionate about to the point you're acknowledged and rewarded for it. If I ever end up having a heart transplant I want the competent qualified doctor not someone who is employed to fill a quota for twitter.

[@als3022]

Come on, don't you want to know that your surgeon was a diverse powerful black female trans-woman with trans-amputation syndrome? I mean sure they will replace your heart with a baked potato, but in a diverse way.

[@sgttimmay9151]

@@als3022 Getting Frankenstein's monster vibes at the thought. Only with coloured hair and a missing person's report for my manhood. 🤣

[@jasonrosenberger6989]

These policies are a cancer in our society right now. Class action lawsuit might be in order, if they won't stop we'll just bankrupt them.

[@glasletter3111]

This is basically them saying to tell these people "You need our charity.". I didn't realize how painful that was to think about until I had that specific thought.

[@als3022]

Its outright insulting.

[@simpson6700]

i don't want to live in this world anymore...

[@absolutechaos13]

I remember my high school history teacher was explaining affirmative action policies and how they related to the civil rights movement. I remember asking how those policies didn't violate the Civil Rights Act, which strictly prohibited discrimination based on race. His response, with a bit of a knowing smirk, was "the only class of people that have no protections from discrimination are white men between 18 and 54." This was in the late '00s, in hindsight both him and my speech teacher were two of the most based people I have ever met.

[@nont18411]

Seems like my biggest fear will become true sooner or later. “Invincible” on Amazon Prime is gonna be dumpster fire that doesn’t stay true to the comics.

[@lordchungus1552]

It already is tbh

[@STEVSGONE]

It sounds like you need to find out more about a channel on DTV called heroes and icons.

[@ffordegroupie4931]

Amber is going to be the only girlfriend for Mark, I am calling it. They wouldn't have the hero break up with a black feminist who constantly berates him.

[@MrMaxBoivin]

They already made the main character a mixed kid. And he got his obnoxious homosexual best friend. And his black girlfriend.

[@lordchungus1552]

Even if you ignore the race swaps they already assassinated Omni Man's character from the comics. Just read the Soucre material.

[@Zantorc]

I cancelled my Amazon Prime. It's the only language they understand.

[@firewolf2930]

i love this video it sparks so many thoughts like, hey FDR didn't have to be disabled if he just didn't self-identify as disabled

[@defaultytuser]

No wonder KZbin is shadowbanning you , Shad! You spitting some fax.

[@elmaxidelsur]

Where is the movie that you where going to do about the book????

[@theshadlands1142]

It's in post production still

[@dragineeztoo61]

It's called "pigeon holing" and it's no better now than when that phrase was coined.

[@jeydaness]

White is not a culture indeed. It is just a race, and not as clearcut as some might think. In Europe, people don't tend to consider themselves as just "white". This is such an American thing to approach the world and people divided by races, and skin colour. It is so odd to me personally. There are so many shades of white, just like there are so many shades of brown, and so many different shades of cultures in Asia, so many different shades of cultures in Africa.

[@LionClanChief]

Indeed

[@TheOriginal_Unaleska]

It has always confused me why Americans approach race this way and not look at culture. Someone who might not look like a typical white Australian doesn't mean they are any less Australian. It's an insult. Culture should be more of an identifiable marker than race. An Irish white person is not the same as an Australian white person or an American white person because of our culture and heritage. America is an insane country. It is home of the mentally ill, and they are forcing other countries to have their same mental ill ideology, and it's destroying us.

[@bartonbella3131]

As a woman, if I was a doctor, I wouldn't want my patients wondering if I'm a diversity hire...

[@toodlescae]

They'd have had a field day trying trying to categorize my Dad. He was from Louisiana and he was part Choctaw (grandmother was 1/4 Choctaw) with a whole lot of French and then English and German heritage. In the summer he would tan so dark that his own mother once mistook him for a black man from a distance as we were walking up to their houseboat. 😂🤣 When I worked at a disco back in the 80's here in Texas I had a group of Hispanic customers start talking to me in Spanish because they thought I was Mexican because I tanned so dark during the summer. I can still get a tan sitting on my covered front porch. My great-niece is half Mexican and always complains because my skin is darker than hers. 😂

[@keithgarner2759]

This. I don't get the race thing. I know multiple people who can dark enough to be considered black. And a lot of people who are considered black could easily just have a really good tan. Because that's what race is. Genetic tanning

[@toodlescae]

​​@@keithgarner2759 exactly. I tan more than the rest of my family because I just happened to get more of our Welsh and French genetics while the rest got more of our English, Irish, German and Scottish genetics. My dna test also said I had less than 1% African ancestry so I think my fathers family were lying about our Native American ancestor especially since I had a female ancestor in the late 1700's/early 1800's named Kezia.

[@ikept_the_jethryk2421]

That special plum color that Cajuns get after heavy sun exposure is amazing. I get more olive but Boudreaux and Thibodeaux are almost purple

[@toodlescae]

@@ikept_the_jethryk2421 Yeah and my Dad was a conglomeration of Henry, Duplessis and Daigle.

[@AlexanderLittlebears]

@@keithgarner2759 It's because you call races with colors. If you said European instead of "white" it would be much more clear

[@Mjolnir007]

Loved the Audiobook, so naturally I am exited for the Graphicnovel. Cant wait to get my hands on it. Keep on crusading Shad and Co!

[@bejo5359]

This is the Blizzard race card bingo but for TV

[@ameenoahmad]

This is just... So frustrating and heartbreaking

[@cairsahrstjoseph996]

What is called " being marginalized" really is "not being promoted, represented, or exalted more than they are worth or deserve". Another example of making a problem where none exists, as well as, like communists, sitting in judgement over many while crying "inequity".

[@lofidrone6374]

What is with the lack of Oz!?

[@scurvydog20]

I wonder if historians are going to look back and go "theres a sudden rise is people specifically saying tan but not black in books of this period"

[@PoeticProse7]

Having been a 'token woman' I have to say that pushing diversity is never done for the sake of the greater good.

[@sumdolt8948]

This is already happening. Over a year ago a friend of mine who works in recruiting for a fortune 100 company (not Amazon) sent me a pic of a memo sent to her group. The memo stated that white men were to no longer be considered for stem positions unless there were no other viable options. I have no direct evidence of the following, but I have been told that Asian men have already been added to this list. There is also a strong debate going on now that indian men should be added to this list as well.

[@imaginingsbyj.alleyn491]

Shad! I want to congratulate you on the graphic novel! I'm hoping to expand my own debut novel, but you have been such a reassuring voice to listen to for me. I am trying to get a hold of your book, but I'm a sucker for leather-bound, too! I want it!!!

[@svendragon8139]

SHAD-O of the Conquerer. I see what you did there.

[@anzerupnik1442]

Thank you. Not many people are talking publicly about absurdity of marking people with labels which come with different values.

[@beowulfsrevenge4369]

Talking about leather bound books while Shad wears a leather jacket? Coincidence!?! I think not!

[@Maxion435]

This amazon playbook has just hurt my brain.

[@georgiawilksch5708]

I got told that I’d probably have an easier time getting my builders licence because I’m a woman. Excuse me? I would hope that’s wrong, especially how much is on a well constructed building. I’d want to be good enough to do the coursework. I don’t want to be a diversity qualified, I want to be damned QUALIFIED.

[@TheSuperappelflap]

better move to a different planet then

[@janicemcalisterdouglas7351]

Wow so awesome! Congratulations Shad!

[@Gabiibarbosasilva]

I love you guys, but where is Oz? I miss him.

[@keelanwilliams9850]

I’m no longer getting notifications for this channel on KZbin/phone notifications; I’m subscribed with all notifications on. I just wanted to let you know. I’ve been a subscriber to Shadiversity for over 5 years. The content on your channels is fantastic and absolutely appreciated. My degree is in medieval history, your research and knowledge has done nothing short of reaffirming my interests.

[@ASDFCH]

How Amazon, Disney, etc. works. *A film about Africa (Lion King)* -- We gotta ensure that every character is played by a black actor to ensure authenticity. *A film derived from ancient English lore (RoP)* -- Yeah, there were no black people back then. But we're going to throw diversity at it anyways. The original content never mentioned how important it is anyways to the characters and story. *A film derived from old German folktale (The upcoming Snow White)* -- Ok, yes, the appearance and race of the character is explicitly mentioned, hence why it's called "snow white" and it takes place in old Germany. But screw it. We're gonna play the role with a Colombian. *A film derived from old Danish folktale (The upcoming Little Mermaid)* -- You get the pattern. I agree with what "Desius Does Stuff" mentions here in the comments. They bend the rules of their own playbook. They are ok with homogeny for black actors, but not white. It's a double standard. I don't know how anyone can interpret this in any other way other than the fact that they simply have a problem with white people. People know that’s the case and can see through it by this point.

[@legitenoughtoquit]

You forgot Aladdin and Mulan, where they made sure the ethnicities were true to the time and place.

[@ASDFCH]

@@legitenoughtoquit Yup, Aladdin and Mulan are both excellent examples. Which begs the question. Why didn't they throw black people in Mulan? I ask the question, but we all know the answer.

[@garrettoliveto7483]

bought a signed copy. debating other options for a second order

[@Dracounguis]

DIVERSITY™ hiring in the writer's room is why so many shows suck now.

[@tomspiegel5322]

Shad is officially in the same arena as Comicsgate and Rippaverse!

[@thunberbolttwo3953]

This diversity checklist will prevent any good story writing from being made. It will also afect casting to.

[@MrGhosta5]

As an African american i can confirm that their is a major cultural divide between multigenerational African American's and migrant/ first generation African Americans. Their is actually a lot of animosity between the two groups that is far too complex for me to explain. I'm also Irish and Native American. I'm super light skinned, partially because I never go outside. A lot of people think I'm a Spainard and will speak spanish to me. (It happens all the time when I'm in Mexico). My hair looks like it's black/dark brown but it's actually a real really dark red. (Found out after i tried to lighten it). It's also super thick and curly. I also have a big bushy beard. I would say I settled into Irish viking more then African American or native american. My favorite music genre is hard rock/heavy metal, i have the hair and beard, and wear a lot of black and leather clothing. I also use a lot of Irish and British words, phrases, and curses (atleast for an american). I'm also super snarky.

[@Makoto03]

I'm so happy none of this forced diversity nonsense was shoe-horned into either Reacher or that Terminal List show starring Chris Pratt. Those are the only good shows Amazon has produced. I wonder how long they will allow them to go on without meddling though.

[@Golmov_the_Wretched]

I actually think it was shoehorned into Reacher. His old army buddy isn't in the book that the series was adapted from, and she is both non-white and non-female, with hints that she has PTSD and may be a lesbian. The difference is that she doesn't feel out of place the way she's introduced, and it helps that she's a real character from the books as well so it doesn't raise so many eyebrows. I don't have a problem with her being there at all, but I think the writers/showrunners knocked it out of the park by ticking off their diversity quota in a way works without alienating the book fans or making it obvious they were ticking boxes.

[@Astavyastataa]

It’s not about helping “people”. It’s about helping their friends and clients and harming their enemies.

[@seefoghall]

A simlar thing happens in South Africa at the minute when students apply to study Engineering degrees. White people must get the pass mark to apply, Asian people must get 80% of the pass mark to get in, and Black people only have to get 40% of the pass mark to get in. Who here wants to place their trust in structures made by someone who gain a degree primarily due to the colour of their skin?!

[@ffordegroupie4931]

And ironically it will make people AVOID hiring the POC engineers just bc they know there is a greater risk. They are doing them no favors!

[@suenzhong7891]

As an East and Southeast Asian woman who has been medically diagnosed with ADHD I find this policy absolutely disgusting. It's insulting to be hired to fill a quota rather than one's skills.

[@narutogett]

Keep in mind that this would also completely kill the motivation for many people to work. For example, why would a white male American follow his dreams and start a career as an actor when all odds are against him, no matter how good or talented he is or how hard he tries?

[@johnselden9257]

How are they going to set quotas like this? Isn’t this illegal? Every company is doing it now but that doesn’t make it right.

[@adarian]

Hiring quota's always lead to a reduction in quality. It leads you down a path where you get to a point where you have to take someone who is not as good as someone else just to fill that quota. "Historically marginalized" is a blanket perspective that fails. Every race and culture has been at one time or another marginalized or worse. There was an African slave trade to the Americas. There was also a white slave trade to the Middle East and North Africa at the same time. Millions of slaves were traded East to West and West to East on the Silk Road. Jewish people have been treated terribly through a lot of history by various groups. Pick an Asian group and they have been mistreated and marginalized by some other group nearby over and over in history. No matter what race, culture, etc etc you belong to you belong to a group that has been mistreated sometime in the past. The past is past. We should be looking at individuals who are actually still marginalized in the current time period and seeking to change that not looking into the past to see whose ancestors were treated badly.

[@frosksdeadteeth5163]

It's all from CRT/gender studies from universities, which became a thing due to academia being infested with liberals. The people who study this crap are incapable of rational thought. Benjamin Boyce does a good series on evergreen that demonstrates where it leads.

[@murphsmodels8853]

If you really want to look into it, the first slaves in America were Irish people shipped over by England. Then Chinese to help build the railroads. Blacks only came in after Africa was discovered and it was found they were cheaper to acquire (didn't have to hunt them down, their leaders delivered).

[@lucjanssen3567]

i saw shadow of the conquer in a bookshop i was a bit surprised

[@filmandfirearms]

We'll never see the double standard them not white swapping characters in an African story because they'll never do an African story. They only care to destroy European stories, not to prop up Africans by telling some of the genuinely amazing stories they have

[@ffordegroupie4931]

They do have "The Woman King" except it turns out her civilization were prolific slavers involved in the trans-atlantis slave trade. lol

[@dylanbiggs3997]

@@ffordegroupie4931 They also try to gloss that inconvenient truth in the film. Not to mention they leaned really heavily on the Colonizers/Europeans in the trailers even though they have a small role in the film.

[@marcogenovesi8570]

Good, you have followed the suggestion I and others made in older videos, the hiring problem is real and is affecting quality

[@paulmurgatroyd6372]

I wonder what proof they have that these changes are going to have beneficial effects in the long term. No one has pushed wokeness this way before and there is no guarantee which way it will go.

[@SyamDaRos-EndoManno]

Beneficial effects? Who cares, the important thing is getting high scores by critics

[@scottphillips8607]

There is a pretty good guarantee which way it'll go.

[@jfamily7821]

Once upon a time actors were chosen by their acting ability and character representation.

[@coyote4326]

Imagine being black, female, or anything else, and then realizing that you were only hired to cover a percentage quota... not because they thought you were the best, or even particularly good at the job they hired you to do.

[@ffordegroupie4931]

People used to be offended at the idea that they were hired for their gender, race or sexuality instead of their skills, now they celebrate it.

[@napalmmachete]

Hmm, I recall hearing about another guy who grouped people by arbitrary characteristics - I wonder if amazon will also give them badges...

[@saladinbob]

These clowns have never watched anything from the '70s. '80s, '90s or 2000s which had tons of "diversity" in it. No one cared. Biggest actors of the '90s were Denziel Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, Morgan Freeman, Will Smith. One of the biggest actors of the '70s was Richard Prior, Edddie Murphy in the '80s, and Halle Berry was in some of the biggest franchises in the early 2000s, and no one cared. These are just the top actors, most films from the '70s onwards had a 'diverse' cast, and I'll say it again, no one cared.

[@Fukoda]

Subbed , thanks for good video

[@chuckie-001]

Two pieces just clicked together: it's an initial hiring filter! To pass, you need to be clever enough to self-identify as disabled. On its own, self-identification as disabled makes no sense, but here it's the one way to make up for all the immutable characteristics that might otherwise disqualify you. How cunning.

[@STEVSGONE]

Identify as disabled? Oh no they didn't. I'm about 3 minutes from hopping on a rocket and blowing this Popsicle stand if that's the case.

[@viperstriker4728]

I was taking a survey for a health app called VirginPulse, and they asked what race I identify as. I was like, "oh I get to choose now!".

[@STEVSGONE]

@@viperstriker4728 I swear I'm going to start this thing up called transwarp. It's for people that can swear blind they're in the wrong damn time it's a feeling they have inside that they just can't shake morning noon and night.

[@XBullitt16X]

Oh hey, it's Mauler, wasn't expecting that, coool!!

[@TrueNativeScot]

Take one walk through the streets of most European cities and you'll see that they are applying these quotas to real life demographics. The single ingredient needed for intense ethnic warfare so we have that to look forward to

[@MrMaxBoivin]

Ethnic warfare is already here, but it is very one-sided. Europeans are being replaced and they have been so brainwashed that they are too scared to even complain about it.

[@MrMasterKaio]

All these buzz-words in Amazon's manifesto come straight out of universities. So much for education in the west.

[@freedantheeternal]

Oh, hell, they already take having a tan to indicate a black person these days. There's a manga series going on, called Don't Toy With Me, Ms. something, I forget her name. But I know it's a pretty typical high-school set romantic comedy genre, and the female lead in the story has a summer tan. Which the woke crowd all took the darker shading on her to mean she was black, in spite of the fact she's obviously Japanese if you bother to actually read any of it. And when the first chapter released where she was wearing an outfit that showed her tan lines, the wokies lost their shit, demanding it be changed and such. For maybe a day, then they went back to demanding their My Hero ships be made canon, I think.

[@ffordegroupie4931]

Yeajh they like to claim that any tanned Japanese character is really black, and lose it if you point out that there's no indication the person is black. "Blasians exist u bigot!"

[@Aphotic_One]

Nagatoro, she is a outdoors sporty girl with a swimsuit tan. Yeah the progs doesn't understand that asians can tan.

[@Bacchian]

Wheel of Time already had all of that without any DIE commissars.