Ironically if they did hire a white man to play The Little Mermaid, the hard right nutjobs would be screaming that it was part of a "woke trans agenda" to normalize crossdressing and eliminate the traditional American male from society lol

So, you're saying they're sexist and racist, and we should all be enraged and immediately donate to our favourite bigots?

The original 20 minute video in the article makes it clear he's talking about job roles, and mentions writers a few times (admittedly not close enough to draw an 100% certain link). I don't think it's enough to discredit this just based on the assumption that he's talking about actors or that there isn't enough context. Obviously it's vague enough that we can't draw any solid conclusions, so I agree with you there.

The main reason I think this is bullshit is that the guy's testimony isn't credible for two main reasons:

• The guy was recently passed up for promotion, and blames it on being white and male
• The interviewer is posing as a romantically interested date and asking plenty of leading questions, the guy is at least partially telling her what she wants to hear

These two points, regardless of how true his story is, give him an ulterior motive for embellishing the story and exaggerating facts, which ultimately means we can't trust this.

I'd like to see a full investigation, as with any accusation of discrimination. But we all know that when nothing turns up, it wouldn't shut the right wingers up

Personally, I would love to see the little mermaid played by a big, burly man.

You're not going to hire a white man to play the little mermaid.

Don't you tell me what to do.

“No way in hell are we hiring a white man to play miles morales”

You're not going to hire a white man to play the little mermaid.

I don't know, genderswapping the roles doesn't seem that far fetched for Disney

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. 

Furthering that, they use the word agent. Specifically referring actors.