>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.