cockatoo Posted April 12, 2023 Posted April 12, 2023 Taylor was hailed as progressive for including a black man in the Lover music video as her romantic partner. The odd thing about this is that every single one of her public relationships has been with a white man. Isn't this the very definition of performative activism?
Richie Posted April 12, 2023 Posted April 12, 2023 It’s PR for the woke inclusive area. Her love interest on her current tour is also black . BBC just for show
PoisonedIvy Posted April 12, 2023 Posted April 12, 2023 (edited) 1 minute ago, Richie.Valdez said: It’s PR for the woke inclusive area. Her love interest on her current tour is also black . BBC just for show This is gross of you to say. Owen is her friend and he’s actually one of the opening acts for the Eras Tour. Edited April 12, 2023 by WeFoundTrouble
Bonicap Posted April 12, 2023 Posted April 12, 2023 If he is white is bad because she doesn't hire POC people. If he is black is bad because she doesn't date black people.
Monday Night Messiah Posted April 12, 2023 Posted April 12, 2023 Yes. She repeated it in "Willow" and "Lavender Haze." It's so performative.
TheGerm Posted April 12, 2023 Posted April 12, 2023 2 minutes ago, Richie.Valdez said: It’s PR for the woke inclusive area. Her love interest on her current tour is also black . BBC just for show
MadonnasBoyfriend Posted April 12, 2023 Posted April 12, 2023 The same can be said for lavander haze. It's always gonna be a cis white boy in real life
PoisonedIvy Posted April 12, 2023 Posted April 12, 2023 4 minutes ago, cockatoo said: Taylor was hailed as progressive for including a black man in the Lover music video as her romantic partner. The odd thing about this is that every single one of her public relationships has been with a white man. Isn't this the very definition of performative activism? Damned if she did, damned if she didnt. That’s where she is with you all. If she had continued to only have white love interests y’all would’ve crucified her. At least minorities are being given opportunities through her massive massive platform whether you see it as genuine or not.
Richie Posted April 12, 2023 Posted April 12, 2023 Just now, WeFoundTrouble said: This is gross of you to say. Owen is her friend and he’s actually one of the opening acts for the Eras Tour. What does being her friend has to do with the subject? He is is black and playing her love interest for the show right?
MadonnasBoyfriend Posted April 12, 2023 Posted April 12, 2023 Just now, WeFoundTrouble said: Damned if she did, damned if she didnt. That’s where she is with you all. If she had continued to only have white love interests y’all would’ve crucified her. At least minorities are being given opportunities through her massive massive platform whether you see it as genuine or not. She did continue to have white love interest irl
PoisonedIvy Posted April 12, 2023 Posted April 12, 2023 Just now, Richie.Valdez said: What does being her friend has to do with the subject? He is is black and playing her love interest for the show right? No. Y’all don’t even know what you’re talking about. The Eras Tour main dancer is different than Owen, the Lover video love interest, being one of the openers for the Tour. No I don’t think it’s performative activism — I think she genuinely understands that she should use her platform to allot opportunities to minorities don’t get as many privileges as white actors & models do.
PoisonedIvy Posted April 12, 2023 Posted April 12, 2023 (edited) 3 minutes ago, MadonnasBoyfriend said: She did continue to have white love interest irl She doesn’t have to date a black person to make you comfortable. Her love life is her own. I’m black and it’s hella distasteful of y’all to weaponize blackness (or race in general) for stan wars. Edited April 12, 2023 by WeFoundTrouble
Bonicap Posted April 12, 2023 Posted April 12, 2023 2 minutes ago, MadonnasBoyfriend said: The same can be said for lavander haze. It's always gonna be a cis white boy in real life New hate narrative unlocked: her boyfriends don't have the skin color that I would like to. Come back tomorrow for the next one.
Holiest Dreams Posted April 12, 2023 Posted April 12, 2023 (edited) Oh please, not this discussion again. Genuinely curious why these types of threads even allowed. Do y’all not see how weird it is to call into question if her co-stars are some kind of pawns in this giant chess game you think she’s running, just because they’re not white? That’s just extremely questionable. It’s insulting actually. She’s been consistently casting men from various backgrounds for a while now - you all need to get with the program and stop living in 2012. But then again, asking ATRL to stop weaponizing extremely serious issues like racism for their troll threads is like pulling teeth. Edited April 12, 2023 by Holiest Dreams
Kavish Posted April 12, 2023 Posted April 12, 2023 If she only had white cis people in her videos you would have dragged her for it too, so at least now minorities are being given a platform even if it's "disingenuous" according to you.
Richie Posted April 12, 2023 Posted April 12, 2023 4 minutes ago, WeFoundTrouble said: No. Y’all don’t even know what you’re talking about. The Eras Tour main dancer is different than Owen, the Lover video love interest, being one of the openers for the Tour. No I don’t think it’s performative activism — I think she genuinely understands that she should use her platform to allot opportunities to minorities don’t get as many privileges as white actors & models do. I mean you are a swiftie.. no one expects you to call out the elephant in the room.
PoisonedIvy Posted April 12, 2023 Posted April 12, 2023 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Richie.Valdez said: I mean you are a swiftie.. no one expects you to call out the elephant in the room. Do not demote my existence to who I am a fan of. I am black above all else. Y’all use that as a deflection because you’re incapable of carrying the conversation out. I can call out Taylor was pretty cowardly for playing it so safe for the first decade of her career when it came to multicultural representation of marginalized people. I can also acknowledge that the progress she has made on it is not performative. Edited April 12, 2023 by WeFoundTrouble
Daddy Posted April 12, 2023 Posted April 12, 2023 Must have been progressive for her bible belt horsegirls and Top40 twinks Know your pop history guys...
moo Posted April 12, 2023 Posted April 12, 2023 8 minutes ago, WeFoundTrouble said: This is gross of you to say. Owen is her friend and he’s actually one of the opening acts for the Eras Tour. He was also one of the main dancers for the Reputation tour and was featured prominently in the Netflix movie. It was by Taylor's good word that he got a record deal in the first place. She gifted this guy a lot of great opportunities (and rightly so, he was fantastic on the rep tour. Taylor recognizes, and promotes, talent). But clearly she instead should have ghosted him (or married him) to appease the OTHs.
JorgeM Posted April 12, 2023 Posted April 12, 2023 15 minutes ago, Richie.Valdez said: What does being her friend has to do with the subject? He is is black and playing her love interest for the show right? He is also gay, honey they were acting, that is what people do in MV
ATRL Moderator Bloo Posted April 12, 2023 ATRL Moderator Posted April 12, 2023 What do you suggest. She make intentional decisions to not cast Black actors for roles? This is so dumb.
SwiftLover Posted April 12, 2023 Posted April 12, 2023 2 minutes ago, JorgeM said: He is also gay, honey they were acting, that is what people do in MV oop. The backfire
Talento Posted April 12, 2023 Posted April 12, 2023 24 minutes ago, Richie.Valdez said: BBC just for show
Illuminati Posted April 12, 2023 Posted April 12, 2023 Casting her backup dancer and Future as her love interests is not "performative activism" That's like saying that every interracial couple are only dating for woke points
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