Taylor Swift's latest music video is being battered by critics who claim it is racist and pandering to 'rich white fantasies' from a colonial era.
The
video for Wildest Dreams, which was revealed during the MTV VMA Awards
coverage on Sunday Aug 30,2015, has a mainly white cast and revolves around two
1950s-era movie stars - played by Swift and Gran Torino actor Scott
Eastwood - filming in Africa.
There are only two black actors, who play soldiers, and they appear in the background. The mock film crew are white.
Director
Joseph Khan insists the video is a 'love story' and has no political
agenda. But music fans have rushed to Twitter to describe it as
'colonial garbage'.
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