He misses the key point:
It isn’t just about accurately reflecting “demographics” in terms of visibility.
It’s about accurately reflecting accomplishment as a metric. The reason you had over 90% of main characters being straight white males in films is because over 90% of the notable accomplishments in history were achieved by straight white males.
Drinker’s “nuance” lacks nuance.
He misses the key point:
It isn’t just about accurately reflecting “demographics” in terms of visibility.
It’s about accurately reflecting accomplishment as a metric. The reason you had over 90% of main characters being straight white males in films is because over 90% of the notable accomplishments in history were achieved by straight white males.
Drinker’s “nuance” lacks nuance.
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