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I think it's interesting how civil rights photography is always in black and white despite the fact that color photography was not only available but downright common for several decades at that time.
I think it's utterly maddening that shit was in 1960. It wasn't "the olden days" or "the before times" it was 1960. That's fours years before the events of Metal Gear Solid 3. This shit isn't that old.
(For the record, I think the black and white photography capturing racism is thematically and aesthetically on point)
I put it in perspective by thinking of how old the people in the photos are now. Some of those kids look 15; they'd be 78 today. Old, but many either recently left powerful positions or are still in them.