{"id":426900,"date":"2021-04-15T11:50:56","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T15:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=426900"},"modified":"2021-04-15T11:50:59","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T15:50:59","slug":"disney-admits-passing-on-scripts-for-diversity-we-said-pass-on-show-about-white-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-admits-passing-on-scripts-for-diversity-we-said-pass-on-show-about-white-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney Admits Passing On Scripts For Diversity: We Said \u2018Pass\u2019 On Show About White Family \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdisney-admits-passing-on-scripts-for-diversity-we-said-pass-on-show-about-white-family%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=426900&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-2021.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Walt Disney Television\u2019s chairman of entertainment Dana Walden admitted this month that ABC passed on several \u201cwell-written scripts\u201d because they lacked \u201cdiversity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Walden even bragged about passing on a script because it centered around a white family, only adding racial diversity through neighbors and other supporting characters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will tell you for the first time we received some incredibly well-written scripts that did not satisfy our standards in terms of inclusion, and we passed on them,\u201d Walden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/entertainment\/disney-entertainment-chief-dana-walden-says-abc-passed-on-incredibly-well-written-scripts-because-they-lacked-diversity\/\">told<\/a> Women in Focus panel moderator Janice Min.<\/p>\n<p>Walden recalled her reaction to a&nbsp;script that centered around a white family. \u201cPass,\u201d she said. \u201cThat\u2019s not going to get on the air anymore because that\u2019s not what our audience wants. That\u2019s not a reflection of our audience, and I feel good about the direction we\u2019re moving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As The Hollywood Reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/live-feed\/abc-unveils-ambitious-set-of-inclusion-standards-exclusive\">reported<\/a>, ABC last year set new so-called \u201cinclusion standards\u201d to ensure \u201cdiversity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe guidelines called for at least a 50 percent increase in recurring characters played by actors from underrepresented groups,\u201d Mediaite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/entertainment\/disney-entertainment-chief-dana-walden-says-abc-passed-on-incredibly-well-written-scripts-because-they-lacked-diversity\/\">noted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese new guidelines&nbsp;are intended to make our content and our sets as inclusive as possible, and will serve as a further catalyst for real and sustained change,\u201d read a memo from Simran Sethi,&nbsp;exec vp of development and content strategy. \u201cWe want to take this moment to evaluate systems and habits in an effort to remove barriers to access and opportunity. It\u2019s important for us to look&nbsp;around the room, see who\u2019s not there, and then take the steps to not only bring them in, but also set them up for success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the Women in Focus panel discussion,&nbsp;Walden also boasted of a forthcoming so-called \u201cBIPOC\u201d programming initiative at Hulu. BIPOC stands for \u201cblack, Indigenous and people of color.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is programming that is by BIPOC storytellers, for BIPOC audiences, curated by executives of color, high-level leaders inside of our organization,\u201d she outlined.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Gina Carano was fired by Disney from her standout role in Star Wars spinoff \u201cThe Mandalorian,\u201d apparently over her conservative views.<\/p>\n<p>Disney contends they let Carano go over an Instagram post they found to be \u201canti-Semitic.\u201d The post depicted a Jewish woman running from Nazi guards and included a caption warning against political intolerance. Reports, however, suggest Disney was&nbsp;planning to cut Carano for months over her open right-wing views.<\/p>\n<p>Soon after Disney\u2019s move, Carano said she refused to be canceled and teamed up with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/gina-carano-to-produce-and-star-in-upcoming-film-for-the-daily-wire\">The Daily Wire<\/a> to produce and star in an upcoming film.<\/p>\n<p>Daily Wire co-founder and Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro slammed Disney for their intolerance in relation to Carano.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSocial movements have consequences, and we are now in the middle of a mass social movement to expel half of the American population from the body politic,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not about an honest attempt to cleanse the culture. It is not about an honest attempt to have discussion or conversation,\u201d Shapiro continued. \u201cIt is about, can we wrong-foot you so that we have an excuse to say that your entire career has been completely and utterly garbage and that you are a bad person, and so we feel good about excising you from the body politic. That\u2019s all that is happening right now in the culture, and that is a big deal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walt Disney Television\u2019s chairman of entertainment Dana Walden admitted this month that ABC passed on several \u201cwell-written scripts\u201d because they lacked \u201cdiversity.\u201dWalden even bragged about passing on a script because &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312224,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-2021.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Disney Admits Passing On Scripts For Diversity: We Said \u2018Pass\u2019 On Show About White Family \u00a0","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-426900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-2021.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Disney Admits Passing On Scripts For Diversity: We Said \u2018Pass\u2019 On Show About White Family \u00a0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}