> Today we’ve formalized an important hiring policy at Scale. We hire for MEI: merit, excellence, and intelligence.
>Certainly, there have been times where, you know, there’s no way we’re hiring a white man for this…. There are times when it’s spoken.
>Reporter: How would they say it?
>There’s no way we’re hiring a white man for this role. They’d be very careful how they’d message that to agents.
Is there more context? Obviously there are situations when you want an actor with a specific ethnicity or gender. And I think people who write posts like this wouldn't be shocked if the VP said "there are situations where we want to hire a white actor and we won't consider anything else. We would word it very carefully".
I'll also quote:
>When it comes to diversity, (...) there’s also a belief that it’s going to make more money if we appeal to a wider variety of people and it’s a good thing.
So... it's entirely a business decision. Disney hires a diverse cast, to target a larger audience. Completely obvious when framed like this.
As you see in the interview he admits that one of the reasons Disney likes to represent diversity in its programming is for financial reasons. It appeals to a wider audience than just white men, and more sales benefits shareholders.
Surprised to see such a biased political piece here on HN to be honest. One for @dang to review I guess.