Washington, D.C. - Tucked away among a flurry of fresh executive orders signed by President Trump is one targeting how Hollywood approaches the selection of actors and actresses to play various characters in movies and television programs.

"Color-blind casting has been a big problem in the United States for years," Secretary of State Marco Rubio explained. "It is an insult to the people who created these characters with a particular ethnicity in mind, like how Ariel is supposed to be white and speak perfect English. Hey, I didn't write the book."
Although expected to be unpopular with some in the industry, there is a surprising amount of support for the executive order from one group: white people. Increasingly marginalized in recent years, many white people in Hollywood are rejoicing in the expectation of a greater diversity of roles being made available for them. Kevin Sorbo, a former A-lister who was once a household name when he starred as the titular detective in Hercules Poisson: His Amazing Adventures Continue from 1995 through 1999, is one of them. "I lost out on so many roles because of the woke obsession of focusing on talent over rigid ethnic identities of characters."
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