It seems like it would be pretty difficult to have anything that's not forced representation - or at least perceived that way - nowadays. When the Wild Wild West reboot came out some years back and had Will Smith as the lead. I don't think anyone really cared that Will Smith was a black guy. He was just a huge bankable actor they could attach to it. But if they did the same thing nowadays, it would be called out as some DEI thing and they'd probably be right.
I think it just requires enough content from the entire industry so that it averages out to something that feels roughly proportional to reality and grounded in it. Instead, all media seems grounded in some kind of diverse twitter people's wet dream. You would expect a couple comics or films for and by those people here and there but when it's all there ever is and it gets in everything and no one likes it but it keeps happening, something's off and you know something is being forced somewhere.
You just didn't notice it back then because you were brought up by it.
Will Smith becoming a notable actor was part of forced representation.
That is why the concept of the racist grandpa is so prevalent, because they realize how it used to be and how subverted it is now, you have become one yourself.
The movie "Pinky" from 1949. Directed by Elia Kazan and John Ford, is probably the first pro miscegenation propaganda movies ever made.
People were disgusted by the movie it even got banned in several states.
Pinky Johnson, a light-skinned African American woman who returns to her Southern hometown after passing for white while studying nursing in the North. Confronted with racial prejudice and discrimination, she struggles with her identity and the implications of her romantic relationship with a white doctor.
This is what forced black representation looked like in it's infancy.
Today, this is viewed as absurd, with the only explanation being our descent further down the slippery slope.
Next stop: pedo-acceptance.
One side has a distinct objective when it comes to representation: total inclusivity, meaning every character must be diverse, i.e., not White.
Conversely, the anti-woke faction lacks a defined objective. It often looks to the past when matters weren't perceived as severe or offers vague criteria such as compatibility with the story. Should they express a clear preference, they risk being labeled racists by their opponents, a label they fear. It's a position destined for capitulation.
It is obvious which side will emerge victorious given time.
