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HR: Taylor Swift's WD is Racist
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I did notice that it was in Africa and there's not a single black person That was such a dumb move on her part
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Originally posted by revel8
This accusation is ridiculous because there is and never has been a requirement for music videos to have racial quotas in them. The Black Producer, Black Editor, and Asian American Director (famous for directing music videos for rappers), who created this music video are clearly not racist against black people.
In addition this video was actually partially shot in South Africa and Botswana and is thus giving actual benefit to these economies by employing people involved in the shoot. It also serves as a showcase to display the natural beauty of these landscape thus providing a boost to tourism in these locations, directly benefiting the local economies once more.
Also the proceeds of the video are providing donations to the African Parks Foundation of America. This organisation helps support conservation efforts in areas of Africa, which are designed to protect the biological diversity which is one of the greatest economic assets in Africa. This also provide opportunities for economic development through employment, tourism development and associated private enterprise.
More Africans are directly benefiting from this music video, both in the short and long term, than the vast majority of music videos ever made. End of story.
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Originally posted by chris1991
Taylor never associates with black people. When she does it's literally for publicity.(squad/Kanye/kendrick).
She is low key racist.
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How can she associate with black people without you calling it publicity?
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Originally posted by revel8
This accusation is ridiculous because there is and never has been a requirement for music videos to have racial quotas in them. The Black Producer, Black Editor, and Asian American Director (famous for directing music videos for rappers), who created this music video are clearly not racist against black people.
In addition this video was actually partially shot in South Africa and Botswana and is thus giving actual benefit to these economies by employing people involved in the shoot. It also serves as a showcase to display the natural beauty of these landscape thus providing a boost to tourism in these locations, directly benefiting the local economies once more.
Also the proceeds of the video are providing donations to the African Parks Foundation of America. This organisation helps support conservation efforts in areas of Africa, which are designed to protect the biological diversity which is one of the greatest economic assets in Africa. This also provide opportunities for economic development through employment, tourism development and associated private enterprise.
More Africans are directly benefiting from this music video, both in the short and long term, than the vast majority of music videos ever made. End of story.
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Quote:
Originally posted by revel8
This accusation is ridiculous because there is and never has been a requirement for music videos to have racial quotas in them. The Black Producer, Black Editor, and Asian American Director (famous for directing music videos for rappers), who created this music video are clearly not racist against black people.
In addition this video was actually partially shot in South Africa and Botswana and is thus giving actual benefit to these economies by employing people involved in the shoot. It also serves as a showcase to display the natural beauty of these landscape thus providing a boost to tourism in these locations, directly benefiting the local economies once more.
Also the proceeds of the video are providing donations to the African Parks Foundation of America. This organisation helps support conservation efforts in areas of Africa, which are designed to protect the biological diversity which is one of the greatest economic assets in Africa. This also provide opportunities for economic development through employment, tourism development and associated private enterprise.
More Africans are directly benefiting from this music video, both in the short and long term, than the vast majority of music videos ever made. End of story.
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Wait, this response is everything. Drag them
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But she packages our continent as the backdrop for her romantic songs devoid of any African person or storyline, and she sets the video in a time when the people depicted by Swift and her co-stars killed, dehumanized and traumatized millions of Africans. That is beyond problematic.
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Welp can't argue with facts
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I'm saying! Lauren Duca and her keen eye for observation knows no bounds.
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Everything in America is "Racist" nowadays. Give me a break. Enjoy her cute little pop song and video or gtfo
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She put two black people as evidenced by those screenshots so definitely not racist.
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ya'll better clock this lauren
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Quote:
Originally posted by revel8
This accusation is ridiculous because there is and never has been a requirement for music videos to have racial quotas in them. The Black Producer, Black Editor, and Asian American Director (famous for directing music videos for rappers), who created this music video are clearly not racist against black people.
In addition this video was actually partially shot in South Africa and Botswana and is thus giving actual benefit to these economies by employing people involved in the shoot. It also serves as a showcase to display the natural beauty of these landscape thus providing a boost to tourism in these locations, directly benefiting the local economies once more.
Also the proceeds of the video are providing donations to the African Parks Foundation of America. This organisation helps support conservation efforts in areas of Africa, which are designed to protect the biological diversity which is one of the greatest economic assets in Africa. This also provide opportunities for economic development through employment, tourism development and associated private enterprise.
More Africans are directly benefiting from this music video, both in the short and long term, than the vast majority of music videos ever made. End of story.
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This basically
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Taylor Swift is the brand new instrument of the capitalist neoliberalism.
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That's a bit of a stretch don't you think?
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Quote:
Originally posted by revel8
This accusation is ridiculous because there is and never has been a requirement for music videos to have racial quotas in them. The Black Producer, Black Editor, and Asian American Director (famous for directing music videos for rappers), who created this music video are clearly not racist against black people.
In addition this video was actually partially shot in South Africa and Botswana and is thus giving actual benefit to these economies by employing people involved in the shoot. It also serves as a showcase to display the natural beauty of these landscape thus providing a boost to tourism in these locations, directly benefiting the local economies once more.
Also the proceeds of the video are providing donations to the African Parks Foundation of America. This organisation helps support conservation efforts in areas of Africa, which are designed to protect the biological diversity which is one of the greatest economic assets in Africa. This also provide opportunities for economic development through employment, tourism development and associated private enterprise.
More Africans are directly benefiting from this music video, both in the short and long term, than the vast majority of music videos ever made. End of story.
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MESS, I meant to say "isn't". But I'm glad my typo made you come up with this cute response
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I cant at people thinking it's racist!!
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