There's no question it was socialist (doesn't change my love for it, but definitely informed what Capra did with the movie). I think the "racism" is more "it's a film from that time," not so much because of the music stuff the article talks about, but because you're just not going to see a film featuring black people as a part of white society during a time when things were segregated.
Capra was complicated (he was also incredibly antisemitic -- his autobiography literally straight-up blames Jews for his problems), but damned talented.
There's no question it was socialist (doesn't change my love for it, but definitely informed what Capra did with the movie). I think the "racism" is more "it's a film from that time," not so much because of the music stuff the article talks about, but because you're just not going to see a film featuring black people as a part of white society during a time when things were segregated.
Capra was complicated (he was also incredibly antisemitic -- his autobiography literally straight-up blames Jews for his problems), but damned talented.