Is wokester Hollywood starting to shrivel?
Posted By: Dreadnought, 7/11/2023 12:36:22 AM
If something is falling apart but wants to stay afloat, it's usually a pretty right time for making some changes. Which brings us to Hollywood, where Power Line attorney and writer John Hinderaker has found some good observations: Like most of corporate America, Hollywood has fallen prey to the “DEI” delusion in recent years. Far from being a good thing, corporate “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” measures generally represent a poisonous brew of racism, leftism and anti-Americanism. The sooner this fad fades from the scene, the better. In the Telegraph, U.S. Editor Nick Allen sees signs that the entertainment industry is moving back toward sanity: Hollywood is suffering “diversity fatigue”,
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