Among the many inanities of the contemporary Left is its assumption that arbitrarily punishing White people today somehow makes up for injustices committed a hundred years ago. On no level is there any merit to what is literally a recipe for Fascism.
A Jan. 11 article posted on Common Sense with Bari Weiss entitled “Hollywood’s New Rules” outlines the pervasive infiltration of that community with the tyrannical criteria of the “woke” political Left. While it is much too long to fully summarize here, it is well worth reading.
In Sept. 2020 the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences published its new criteria for “Representation and Inclusion” which mandated that by 2024 no movie would qualify for awards unless it met certain diversity standards among those appearing both on and off screen. Motivated by the same “woke” definition of Justice, CBS announced that by 2022-23, 50% of the writers of its various shows must be the members of one defined minority or another. Black film maker Ava DuVernay, cited by Forbes as one of the most powerful women in show business, established ARRAY CREW, a database of women, ethnic minorities, etc. qualified to fill the multitude of roles necessary for the production of a film. Not using the CREW, apparently, is likely to bring charges of racism, sexism, etc.
The two authors of the Common Sense article claim to have spoken to more than 25 producers, directors and writers who attested to the climate of fear hovering over their industry, fear that the slightest of politically incorrect statements could cost them their careers. Howard Koch, renowned producer of over 60 movies is quoted as saying: “I know a lot of very talented people who can’t get work because they’re not Black, Native American, female or LGBTQ.”
To those of you tempted to respond “Good, it serves them right,” you’re the reason my blog is entitled “The Politics of Hate.” In a truly progressive, post-racist, post-sexist world, people would be hired and films celebrated not because of their compliance with some warped notion of “social justice,” but because of the quality of their skills and their merits as works of art.