So you worked with film at the apex of its technological development and that makes you an expert on the beginning of the color era, when that technology was exceptionally expensive?
Do you have any facts or relevant anecdotes to add to the discussion? I am very interested in other points of view. I don't claim to be right, I am only attempting to add to the discussion, providing a counterpoint to the claims made by the article. If you have some evidence supporting the article's premise, let's have it! I'd love to see more evidence about racism in photography.
It seems like your main goal is to affirm your closely held core beliefs that everything and everyone is racist. The world isn't so black and white. Not everything is a conspiracy against the black man. You also might realize that there is certainly an incentive to fan the fires of sanctimony. There's an entire industry of people who have a vested interest in finding racism under every rock.
Let's just allow for a second that film is racist. So what? What are you going to do about it? Maintaining your rage or perhaps doing something positive to actually make the world a better place? Look forward; Don't let your own hatred stunt your potential to do something positive! Chips on shoulders can be exhausting!
Remember that time where you had no idea the racist history of public swimming pools, but still wanted to be treated as an expert on what made things racist?
First, he worked with film (as did I). Did you? And what exactly makes the author of TFA an expert on the subject?
Second, film wasn't a technology solidified in the "beginning of the color era", color reproduction and emulsions changed all the time, and new films with different color repro and dynamic range were appearing frequently.
Cool story, bro.