1. The birth of a nation
In one particularly racist scene, an angry "Negro" militia attacks a home full of helpless white Southerners. ... The tyrannical officials in these sessions use their power to belittle the "vulnerable white minority." ... Governor Lynch was viewed as a conniving dictator who was "out to get" the Camerons, our powerless white family. The good "faithful souls" were the loyal slaves who stayed with there white families, saving them from the out of control vicious renegades, and basically turning their backs on their own people. In order to avoid racial pollution Griffith cast white actors to p...
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