I took the 11:06 mark to imply that enslaved Africans and the newly colonized Filipino are stand in for each others and will be useful in the same ways visually and materially.
Visually, probably so, Edison was very careless 😬. But, materially i think some footnotes would need to be added. Of course at the end of the day it’s about capitalist exploitation but the colonization of the Philippines had a lot to do with the Spanish-American war and creating a US foothold in the pacific rather than hyper-exploiting a (forcefully imported) domestic work force that the state implemented genocidal policies against.
great to hear from the two of you on this. And the cut transitions were extra inspired!
I took the 11:06 mark to imply that enslaved Africans and the newly colonized Filipino are stand in for each others and will be useful in the same ways visually and materially.
Visually, probably so, Edison was very careless 😬. But, materially i think some footnotes would need to be added. Of course at the end of the day it’s about capitalist exploitation but the colonization of the Philippines had a lot to do with the Spanish-American war and creating a US foothold in the pacific rather than hyper-exploiting a (forcefully imported) domestic work force that the state implemented genocidal policies against.
A new video 🙌🏾
oh wow