In a leaked video from a meeting of Disney executives, the company's president said half of all Disney characters should represent a racial minority or the LGBTQ community. This has prompted the conservative "Daily Wire" to announce it will invest $100 million in a non-woke alternative to Disney.
Disney's plans were discussed in a company-wide Zoom call on Monday in which Karey Burke, Disney’s corporate president, promised to make the company more inclusive. Latoya Raveneau, an executive producer, said she had been pushing what she described as her “not at all secret gay agenda” to promote "queerness".
Disney’s theme parks are also working to cater for non-binary visitors, Vivian Ware, the company’s head of diversity and inclusion, told staff.
“Last summer we removed all gendered greetings in relationship to our live spiels,” she said.
"We no longer say: 'Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls.' We've provided training to all our cast members, so now they know it's: 'Hello, everyone,' or: 'Hello, friends.'”
Peter Whittle, founder & director of the New Culture Forum, joins Colin Brazier on GB News to discuss this story.
