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Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp

That is literally the point I have been making! It's not to promote social awareness or help society progress. It's to make money, and that's it. The content of the tick tock you posted is irrelevant to them. The fact that it went viral and has people worked up is why Ariel is Black. It's a billion dollar troll job!

So you mean you are pointing out a multibillion dollar publically traded company is making decisions to make money and not for pure altruism? Shhhhoockkinnngggg... It doesn't mean the societal benefit of representation is not there.

If they wanted to be 'woke' they could've made Ariel an indigenous trans person with fetal HIV, of course they won't because they know there's no market for it.

You think the producers of Crazy Rich Asians truly wanted Asian representation? They took a gamble that the market was ready for it, and they were right.

That said, despite the buzz I don't know if it'll be as marketable as you think it would be. They will probably get the coastal Democrats and the black population (which is not exactly gigantic), and maybe Latino/Hispanic.

They will likely sacrifice white ppl in the flyover states, as well as a lot of the Asian population, which are low key racist. Also likely lose out on China too as a result. They are likely fully aware of this too when making this decision.