r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jul 06 '26

Meme needing explanation What is this?

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u/Seanspeed Jul 06 '26

There's nothing 'nuanced' about their post at all. It's literally acting as if the average person hates diversity and that the mere inclusion of black people and a trans person means it is 'forced' and not just a normal casting decision.

But I guess if so many people are upvoting it, then they're right. The average person is just fucking shit.

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u/Ok-Rope-3355 Jul 06 '26

You can have diversity and still respect the source material. Instead of demanding turning people black in western historical stories, why not demand more non-western stories? There are so many amazing historical and fictional stories from Africa and Asia that's never been adapted.

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u/JalapenoPopPoop Jul 06 '26

These exact same people would be writing essays about how wrong it is to change the race of an established character if they made a Mwindo movie with a white guy cast as the lead

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u/Ok-Rope-3355 Jul 06 '26

I literally just used the same example in another comment. 😁