Appeasers think they can throw a few bones at the aggrieved SJWs and they will be happy. A couple of years we went through this with “Twelve Years a Slave” getting awards out the wazoo and Hollywood thought “there, we’re good for a while” but last year they were called a bunch of racists so they need to make damned sure that black people win in every category this year. But it won’t work, they’ll be called racists again, if not next year than the one after. Because it works.
Somebody I know from high school is a facebook friend, and an advocate for gays in scouts. His posts illustrate the liberal ‘ratchet effect’ very well:
No gays in scouting = scouts are homophobic racist babykillers.
Ok, scouts now allow gay members, but not leaders = scouts are homophobic racist babykillers.
Ok, scouts now allow gay leaders, but allow the sponsoring institution (often a church) to disallow gay leaders at the local level = scouts are homophobic racist babykillers.
The scouts got no favorable press, and still face the wrath of leftists, even after relenting to 90% of what the leftists want. They never give an inch...once the ratchet is turned a notch, it will never go backwards, and the only movement in the future can be in their direction.
Same goes with calling Hollywood racist...the Mideast ‘peace’ process...just about any leftist issue you can think of.
You’d think the scouts and Hollywood would learn.