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October 12, 2009
If you really wanted to stretch the allegory, Carla and Betty’s relationship is the relationship between black and white America.
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August 17, 2009
It’s more important for Mad Men to get it right on race in those few instances that it does take on racial issues, than it is to have racial tension be a major theme in the show’s overall arc.
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by Latoya Peterson onAugust 13, 2009
Mad Men takes on a number of cultural controversies, yet race is treated with politeness, distance, restraint, and a heavy dose of sentimentality. For a show that takes place in the early ’60s, this is a glaring omission.
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