Ah, the old Nick Fletcher argument. Before I canned Twitter for good, I used to love tweeting Nick and reminding him of the time in 2021 when he suggested in a speech that the high crime rate was down to the all-female Ghostbusters reboot...
Never understood this claim. Even if there's a shift in movies been released this year - there's still a vast majority of movies made in previous years which would provide adequate white male hero role models. 87.5% of Doctor Who's have been white males, surely that's adequate representation?
The problem with white men is that they're like that kid at the arcade, hogging the best game. It's becoming increasingly apparent to everyone there that the way they're behaving is wrong, but, when they're told to give others a go, they say that it's unfair, because it's "winner stays on" and there's no other games in the arcade that they like. They point at the leader board, where they've got all the best scores, saying that this proves that they're the best, and don't make the connection that they've only got all the best scores because they're the only one playing it.
If you're a parent in this situation, the correct response isn't indulgence.
Ah, the old Nick Fletcher argument. Before I canned Twitter for good, I used to love tweeting Nick and reminding him of the time in 2021 when he suggested in a speech that the high crime rate was down to the all-female Ghostbusters reboot...
Thank you for this piece, Robin. I’m a huge fan of Tim but I was very disappointed to hear him use this simplistic and easily challenged argument.
Never understood this claim. Even if there's a shift in movies been released this year - there's still a vast majority of movies made in previous years which would provide adequate white male hero role models. 87.5% of Doctor Who's have been white males, surely that's adequate representation?
Your “truth” is not always as the narrative, presented by the media, seems. Look instead for the facts - that is where every truth resides.
The problem with white men is that they're like that kid at the arcade, hogging the best game. It's becoming increasingly apparent to everyone there that the way they're behaving is wrong, but, when they're told to give others a go, they say that it's unfair, because it's "winner stays on" and there's no other games in the arcade that they like. They point at the leader board, where they've got all the best scores, saying that this proves that they're the best, and don't make the connection that they've only got all the best scores because they're the only one playing it.
If you're a parent in this situation, the correct response isn't indulgence.
Pokémon go…