Despite massive backlash over the Reimagine Tomorrow diversity and inclusion initiative earlier this year, Disney has announced that the program is still active and launched a new website to coincidence with that announcement.
Social media is still as nonplussed about it as they were before, as evidenced by some of the reactions to the announcement video on Twitter.
The video was posted to both the @Disney official account as well as a new dedicated account for Reimagine Tomorrow.
As storytellers at Disney, we have a responsibility to reflect our audiences in our content and experiences, so we’re more committed than ever to making that a reality. Explore more: https://t.co/gpiA6Phsr0 Let’s #ReimagineTomorrowTogether pic.twitter.com/R4pV4cnQK3
— Reimagine Tomorrow (@ReimagineTmrw) September 1, 2021
Commenters point out Disney’s seemingly hypocritical approach to diversity and inclusion, pushing their content to China while simultaneously courting an LGBTQ audience.
Others pointed out that Disney shrunk John Boyega’s character of Finn on the Chinese posters for Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Others call for Disney to pay Scarlett Johansson.
Even Japanese Twitter users are chiming in…
What is perhaps the most telling is that while there are many vocal detractors, there are not many vocal supporters giving Disney social media high fives for “being on the right side of history.”
And this is on Twitter… a very progressive platform.
Maybe, just maybe, people are cynical and see...
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