• TimeTraveler@lemmy.world
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    Is it a pattern for right-wing people to attack films, series and animations with protagonists from minority groups? Or is this an exaggeration?

    Fixed it for you

    The answer is “yes, no exaggeration!” To both

    If they aren’t white, straight man, then it’s a DEI hire

    If it’s the person is a white, straight man, then it’s that they have to work with people that aren’t

    We’re going back to Shakespearean times when only men could be on stage

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      then it’s a DEI hire

      ”DEI hire” (and ”woke” for that matter) is used as some form of a right wing code word. They point at thing they don’t like and explain it’s because of [insert code word here]. Repeat it enough many times, and you get the impression there’s a pattern.

      ”Politically correct” served the same purpose before (until it somehow went out of fashion).

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        ‘Diversity hire’ was a slur agsinst minorities and women for decades before DEI became a term. Turning DEI into a slur ss just the expanded version of the same thing since it also includes equity and inclusion.

        Conservatives sure like twisting positive things into scary stories to rile up their base.

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          gotta keep it fresh and new but somehow still beat the same old divide to conquer drum.