“Hamilton” is one of the most revered pop productions of the past decade.

Tony Awards. Critical raves. Mass adulation.

Author Jeremy Carl doesn’t disagree. He also points to other elements of the show that reflect a disturbing trend. He shares more in his new book, “The Unprotected Class: How Anti-White Racism is Tearing America Apart.”

“…by casting minorities, overwhelmingly African American, for almost every part except for that of the most notable, uncomplicated villain (a white actor), an unsettling message is being relayed,” he writes in the book.

Carl explored the challenging subject on The Hollywood in Toto Podcast.

“The Unprotected Class” arrives at a time when “Male and pale is stale” is the catchphrase behind the scenes at Disney. Prominent authors describe a landscape where being white and male puts a target on their backs (before backpedaling under extreme social pressure).

A bombshell 2022 report at The Free Press categorized how Hollywood discrimination works.

Howard Koch, who has been involved in the production of more than 60 movies, including such classics as “Chinatown” and “Marathon Man,” and is the former president of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences, said: “I’m all for LGBT and Native Americans, blacks, females, whatever minorities that have not been served correctly in the making of content, whether it’s television or movies or whatever, but I think it’s gone too far. I know a lot of very talented people that can’t get work because they’re not black, Native American, female or LGBTQ.”

Plus, comic actor Tyler Fischer is suing his former management for allegedly telling him being a straight, white male made it impossible to find work for him.

The author acknowledges Hollywood’s racist past, from keeping minorities off screen to over-corrections like the “magical Negro” trope. And Carl cringes at characters like Long Duk Dong from “Sixteen Candles,” while admitting the 1984 John Hughes film has value above and beyond that bald stereotype.

The current thinking can still be unproductive when it’s not outright discriminatory.

“‘Hamilton’ is artistically a terrific product, but that doesn’t mean you can’t interrogate some of the racial ideology behind it,” Carl said. 

Also worth discussing? The addition of minority names added to Hollywood projects to boost their diversity quotas, whether or not they contributed significantly to the work in play. Carl says he learned that firsthand from conversations with author and screenwriter Andrew Klavan.

Progressive thinking is primarily to blame for the cultural winds blowing through Hollywood, Carl argued.

“The Left controls the commanding heights of the culture, and they want to tell a certain type of story in a certain type of way and have a certain type of view of what should be represented,” he said of the trend.

To hear more from Carl, and find out the newest cases of Trump Derangement Syndrome, check out the full podcast.