Comments on: Suffragists Meet Lady Gaga

By: lialife

lialife — Thu, 17 May 2012 19:03:58 +0000

I think the women and “negro” male vote movements were combined at one point, then got angry with each other and cut ties…leaving ethnic women out of it all together. So the historical whiteness is probably apt. However, yeah, they could have put some brown women in the modern day part though.

Excellent parody of that video.

By: jandore

jandore — Fri, 11 May 2012 17:46:05 +0000

…and, and, the history of women’s suffrage isn’t all white, couldn’t they have found some episodes involving non-white leaders to reference?

By: jandore

jandore — Fri, 11 May 2012 17:43:31 +0000

I liked this video and I thought it was really well done and striking, BUT — it struck me forcibly, watching, that everyone was white. I understand the historical argument, that the movement being honored was indeed dominantly white. But (1) this is a music video, not a documentary, and (2) when they transition to the modern day, when the performers appear in modern dress, they couldn’t have brought in some non-white faces then?

This spoiled the video for me.