[peoplefromibiza]

> A black woman in Italy: Impossible! Unbelievable!

You're being overly dramatic.

But if you want stories with black women in them, why are you adapting a book where there is none?

I think that's because Pinocchio is a very good story and they know it, people.know it, and also is in the public domain.

Disney "modernizing" Italian literature for free to feed their money making machine? OK!

Disney adapting an African story about black women and black mythology?

Impossible! Unbelievable!

Which one is more probable, that Disney wants to use Pinocchio IP while also riding the inclusiveness-washing activism wave, or that Disney really actually cares about black women and their culture?

sometimes people priorities really surprise me...

[3nd0rph1n]

Diverse casting is in fact the laziest form of racial inclusivity possible. PLEASE make movies and series stemming from African tradition and mythology, and rightfully cast black people for that. The problem with forced diverse casting is that I can't bring myself to imagine how and why dwarves/elves/etc.. can be both black and white, since they all come from the same land in the LoTR lore. At least pick a lotr race - skin color pair and only cast people of that skin color for a determined race, I'd be ok with that. It just messes the lore for me, nothing more nothing less.