The Golden One - September 17, 2018


CIRI and the Witcher Series at Netflix Controversy

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Marcus Follin
Mentioned
Jet Li Siri
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Episode Stats


Length

4 minutes

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172.13

Word count

850

Sentence count

43

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Misogyny

3

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Toxicity

1

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Hate speech

5

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Summary

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Netflix has cast a non-white girl in The Witcher 3 as a white girl, and I don t see a problem with that. I see only a problem when it comes to white identity. And in this episode, I discuss why this is a bad idea and why it needs to stop.

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00:00:00.000 Greetings, my name is Marcus of Rivia and I am Geralt's cousin and today I want to elaborate on the barbarism of having Ciri cast as a non-white girl. 0.99
00:00:11.980 So for anyone who does not know of this controversy yet, it is because Netflix will do a series on The Witcher and they're searching for the actor or the actress for Ciri will be a non-white girl.
00:00:27.480 Now, this is obviously highly problematic and the reason for that is that Ciri is a very pale girl with green eyes and white hair and they want to change the lore to accommodate for diversity.
00:00:44.400 I think a fantasy setting is quite diverse as it is, you don't need to put in different human races in it, you can put in elves and dwarves and dragons and stuff like that, then you will have all the diversity you want and need.
00:00:59.180 And also speaking of The Witcher, I'm just going to throw in here that The Witcher 3 is probably the best game I have ever played and I'm still waiting to play Blood and Wine and I will do so soon.
00:01:10.700 I think I will need to read The Witcher books themselves first before I play that.
00:01:16.020 But anyway, that I might make another video on the game itself because it's so good, it's so full of rich folklore, Eastern European, primarily Polish folklore.
00:01:26.880 Now we see Netflix wants to come in and turn this into something completely different.
00:01:31.880 And now there are two aspects I would like to point out there.
00:01:34.220 First, there is a political aspect for anyone who is not aware of Poland and Hungary are currently in a bit of a fight with the EU in regards to not wanting to replace their own population.
00:01:46.960 So we have the great replacement of Europe's native population going on full steam ahead in France, Germany, Sweden for example. 0.98
00:01:54.820 Poland and Hungary are saying no to this because why would they want to replace their own people?
00:01:59.120 That's nothing short of evil.
00:02:01.500 So they're saying no to this.
00:02:03.040 So there is already a cultural conflict of sorts between the liberal leftist establishments of the more Western European nations and the glorious nation of Poland, for example, who are saying, you know, we don't want this.
00:02:18.280 We don't want this development you see in Sweden and France and Belgium, for example.
00:02:21.860 And let's be real, you have to be quite retarded to support the current ongoings in Western Europe, simple as that. 1.00
00:02:29.380 But that is one aspect of it all, one cultural struggle between a sane Poland and a very much insane Western establishment. 0.86
00:02:40.160 So that's one aspect.
00:02:41.440 The second aspect is they say they want Siri to be a non-white girl, so non-white girls will be able to relate to Siri.
00:02:49.240 But then the first question in my mind, do you not want young white girls to be able to identify as Siri?
00:02:55.860 She is a white girl after all.
00:02:57.380 So let's just leave it at that and she can be a white girl even in the series. 1.00
00:03:01.600 Now, the second point is I do think that these non-white girls can identify with Siri even if she's not the same color as them.
00:03:08.940 I think they can see, oh, here is a cool girl who does these things and relate to her anyway. 0.98
00:03:14.000 I don't see any problem in that.
00:03:15.860 And to take another example, I grew up with a lot of Chinese films and I still like Chinese films because they portray good traditional perennial values.
00:03:25.420 So Jet Li was my favorite actor growing up and I like Chinese culture.
00:03:29.460 I have great respect for Chinese culture.
00:03:31.220 And in terms of gaming, Total War will release its next epic historic title next year, which will be set in China.
00:03:39.400 For me, as a European man, I don't need a lot of Europeans put into that historic context to be able to identify with someone.
00:03:48.100 I want there to be a genuine Chinese feeling to the game so I can immerse myself in China during the 200s.
00:03:56.100 That is what I want.
00:03:57.940 I don't want there to be forced in some diversity for the sake of it.
00:04:01.760 And I do think and I do hope that the absolute majority of non-white girls or guys will much rather want it as a genuine Eastern European mythology and folklore based around the medieval Europe. 0.71
00:04:17.580 So if you do not see the more sinister motives in this, then that is all I have to say to you.
00:04:23.940 But obviously there are more sinister motives in this and that is to constantly hack away at white identity.
00:04:31.260 And in this case, Polish identity.
00:04:33.140 So anyway, my conclusion, boycott the series if they decide upon having Siri as a non-white girl or a girl who looks different than she does in the actual lore.
00:04:45.120 So I want Siri to have green eyes, white hair and to be very pale. 0.99
00:04:50.560 Everything else is to detract from the lore.
00:04:53.000 So thank you for watching.
00:04:55.120 XFXO, boom.