A Disney Star Accidentally Reminds Everyone That Leftist Claims of 'Racism' Are Just a Grift

RedState

 I think maybe even he knows that, and that’s why he’s trying to fall back on nebulous accusations of racism to apply socio-political pressure to get work instead of letting his work speak for itself.  

 "One of the reasons you'll never see racism disappear from America is that it's far too lucrative. Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Maxine Waters, and every other race-baiter would abhor the day that racism truly became a thing of the past because it would mean a great deal of their power and influence would go with it. The tree of "racial tensions" must be refreshed from time to time with the nebulous misfortune of minorities and finger-pointing. 

"For a long while, a person could just utter the word "racism," and politicians, corporations, media figures, and more would suddenly spring into action to prove that they weren't racists, and they would finger-wag at everyone else for added measure. Social justice became a very useful tool for the left, and DEI was born out of that fear of being seen as bigoted. 

And because it worked so well and controlled society for so long, some people still do their best to claim victimhood based on their skin color to get what they want. 

"Take, for instance, Asian actor Simu Liu. You may know him from Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Crazy Rich Asians, and Everything Everywhere All at Once, all of which were movies that did well. 

"But it looks like Liu needs more work, because he took to Threads to complain about the lack of Asian representation in Hollywood: 

put some asians in literally anything right now. the amount of backslide in our representation onscreen is f**king appalling.

studios think we’re “risky”. minari farewell past lives everything everywhere crazy rich shang chi. every single one a financial success. no asian actor has ever lost a studio even close to 100 million dollars but a white dude will lose 200 million TWICE and roll right into the next tentpole lead.

we’re fighting a deeply prejudiced system. and most days it SUCKS. . . .

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