Posted on 09/01/2020 3:48:50 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Noelle Stevenson, the showrunner of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, outlined her plans to make amends following a racist joke.
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power showrunner outlined how she's committing to making amends following a racist joke she made during a recent live stream.
"Hello everyone, last week on a livestream I made a comment that to me, as a white person, seemed harmless, but it evoked a painful racist history and caused hurt to both Black fans of She-Ra and my Black peers in the animation industry," Stevenson tweeted. She then went on to double down on the apology she issued last week, while also highlighting specific steps she's taking to "remedy the gaps in [her] anti-racist education" and "craft a plan for the future."
"I commit to hiring Black talent at every level, and to create a safe and positive environment where employees of color's voices can be heard and where they can thrive," Stevenson wrote. "In addition, I commit to hiring sensitivity readers and anti-racism consultants to ensure that careless bias does not slip through and that the work environment is a safe and positive one for employees of color. I ask for the support of any executives and studios when doing so. When hiring power is not in my hands, I commit to boosting the profile of Black talent and connecting them with other opportunities for which they may be a good fit."
"I will also be making a donation to Writing the Other and the Milwaukee Freedom Fund," she continued before once again apologizing to She-Ra fans.
During a livestream with members of "Crew-Ra," Stevenson recounted an "inside joke" with board artist Sam Szymanski about main character Bow, a skilled archer, having multiple siblings whose names all rhyme, in addition to reflecting their main pursuits. One of those characters was named Sow, who tilled the fields, but fans were quick to point out the racist implications of a Black character named Sow being relegated to slave-like work.
on the other hand, only complete idiots would find it offensive.
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Hey
These complete idiots DO have SOME talent.
. . . ‘I can find offense anywhere’ . . .
I’m, confused what is the racist joke?
Straw hats and overalls is like the universal American farmer trope.
She should be ashamed of the way she ruined She-Ra to the older fans. New She-Ra sucks dead bunnies through a straw.
We keep ‘buying’ stock in popcorn futures but maybe should start buying and cornering the market on large cauldrons and oil so these fools can boil themselves in oil if they want to atone for something.
Yeah because 'everybody knows' that blacks only farm if enslaved. *sheesh*
Who is she and why should we care? Just another weak-kneed white liberal who still doesn’t understand what the First Amendment means. Money won’t solve her problem.
Not that I would care for it, but give me the 80s one.
JMS wrote some episodes and in his autobiography, had problems with some basic elements of She Ra.
Neighbor up the road has 25 acres of soybeans. He’s out there all the time tilling, turning, fertilizing, basically busting his ass. He’s a hard working, church going, America loving man. He makes a good living, has a loving wife, and he loves what he does. He happens to be black. So the implication here is that because he’s tending to a farm, he’s a slave? I genuinely don’t understand the left.
“What was the joke?”
Noell Stevenson, by all appearances. The very first “sowers” at the dawn of agriculture were almost assuredly “black” women (unless Asian women beat them to it). How dare Noell imply that black women do productive work.
Ignorance, hysteria, and cowardice are an ugly combination.
She’s a woke dyke. She should get no defense from the right.
How do you know?
She isn't doing a good job. Post #18 says she's not guilty.
Any personal pronouns? I appreciate that. Some what you go to prison if you use the wrong one.
I never herd of the show, but maybe I heard of the 80s version.
Real racism requires intent. When someone innocently makes a statement that another sees as ‘racist’, the racism is in the mind of the accuser, not the speaker.
Apparently, there wasn’t a character named “Ho”? That seems to be an accepted term in that culture...
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