[josefritzishere]

I have to disagree. Multiracial casts are a relatively new convention, so I think it's premature to draw conclusions on casing patterns generally. But casting a heterosexual white man is representative of the real world. Who has all the power in the real world? What race is your congress person, your states federal judges, the supreme court... all but one president in American history...

[xigoi]

Classical apex fallacy. Just because 0.0001% of white men have a lot of power doesn’t mean there is any benefit for other white men.

[sillyfluke]

It's not a fallacy if the parent is not making some point about "benefit for other white men", which you seemed to have injected from somewhere. They simply said that the most powerful individuals having the most disproportionate power being white men is not inconsistent with matters in the real world, however few there are.

[jkman]

> "But casting <a> heterosexual white man is representative of the real world. <Who> has all the power in the real world?"

The original comment obviously did in fact try to make a point about heterosexual white men in general. No mention was made of how few there might be, you're in fact the one interjecting new content from somewhere.

[sillyfluke]

That a few men have most of the power is the obvious fact that you seem to be ignoring. The parent asks:

"Who has all the power in the real world?"

If the answer in reality is a few white men have most of the power, how can you insist that they are claiming all white men have the power?

Whether they believe it not, there is no specific point about "heterosexual white men in general". These are your words and do not appear anywhere in their comment.

[stvltvs]

There are degrees of power, of course. All white men aren't at the pinnacle of power, and many are truly disadvantaged, but they collectively share a disproportionate amount of power in the world given how few of them there are.

[ghusto]

> Multiracial casts are a relatively new convention

I'm 47 and no it is not.

[throw2827363]

Yeah, the article is silly since he's only complaining about not seeing non-white antagonists anymore, but doesn't care about the lack of non-white protagonists.