Why don’t women conduct themselves in interviews like this anymore with such poise?

[Oliverlogan263]

This is an interview of The Three Degrees in 1975. They were a black female group who were a 70s phenomenon.

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8JR5dP9/

She said, "We don't smoke on TV because of the affect it could have on children." To take that kind of stand in the 70s where you could literally smoke ANYWHERE? So many gems in the interview. These were some very educated, conscious women. I missed the times when artists cared about being an example, whether they knew they signed up for the role model job or not.

Why would he ask what a lady looks like? When she said smoking in public doesn't look very ladylike, she IS a lady sitting right before you, sir; the guy interviewing them is very condescending.

Nowadays if you look on the younger black women on the music scene portrayed in today’s interviews some of most of them act all ratchet being in this social media era. What would you say?

How did we lose this level of class, dignity, intelligence and TALENT.

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

This is more likely the result of racism than anything. The 1970’s were the beginning of the healing after the civil rights movement. These girls knew if they didn’t have the inarguably perfect feminine image as black girls, their careers would be ruined because everything bad about them would be attributed to their blackness. Not to mention in the 70’s sexism was still running rampant, pregnant women were being denied jobs and homes just because they were pregnant, women still had to deal with rampant sexual harassment that was completely normalized. The 1970’s were a horrible time to be a woman, let alone a black woman trying to make a career as a public entertainer. These girls are likely doing this bit, leaning into the inherent racism to make themselves look as good as their white counterparts by overcompensating into the idea of “perfection” as dictated by a society that was legally forced to consider them people rather than happily acknowledging it and giving them the title. This interview doesn’t make me long for this period of time like it does for you, it just makes me sad.

[Oliverlogan263]

I respect your opinion

[FunkyMonkee]

What is rachet?

[elaphe]

"Ghetto" i. e. unclassy