If we assume that Laura Dern HAD to be cast as Diane, then Lynch could have cast any white woman as Naido to disguise the reveal. If that means one less role for an Asian person, then all there is left to be done is to diversify the cast of small parts, because there were so goddamn many, most of which were white…

Acknowledging the fact that our society is built around white supremacy isn’t promoting it.

While the character clearly didn’t hail from any Earth landmass, she was played by an actor of East Asian descent, looked like a woman of East Asian descent, and was named after a term used in both Chinese and Japanese spiritual traditions.