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In this "controversial" episode, I go over the top two most racist films ever made in the history of film. This topic was inspired by a dinner conversation about Disney and how blatantly racist Disney was in the 20th Century. THUS, this episode was born and I talk about four films that have been deemed by historians as being some of the most controversial films made in terms of stereotyping of African Americans and African American culture, including the use of white actors in blackface, use of Southern African-American dialect by white actors, the KKK being depicted as the heroes, helping to preserve American values, protect women white and promote white supremacy, but also are in the Library of Congress and the National Film Registry because of them being culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, ONE OF THESE FILMS DID NOT ALLOW THE LEAD ACTOR, WHO WAS BLACK, IN THE MOVIE, WHICH WAS ABOUT A BLACK MAN AND HIS STORIES, TO ATTEND THE PREMIRE OF SAID MOVIE IN A NOW PREDOMINATLY BLACK CITY...BECAUSE HE WAS BLACK. This topic frustrated me so much in the beginning, but the ending helped picked my spirits up and I hope it does the same for you (as well as informs you). Enjoy this episode :)
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In this "controversial" episode, I go over the top two most racist films ever made in the history of film. This topic was inspired by a dinner conversation about Disney and how blatantly racist Disney was in the 20th Century. THUS, this episode was born and I talk about four films that have been deemed by historians as being some of the most controversial films made in terms of stereotyping of African Americans and African American culture, including the use of white actors in blackface, use of Southern African-American dialect by white actors, the KKK being depicted as the heroes, helping to preserve American values, protect women white and promote white supremacy, but also are in the Library of Congress and the National Film Registry because of them being culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, ONE OF THESE FILMS DID NOT ALLOW THE LEAD ACTOR, WHO WAS BLACK, IN THE MOVIE, WHICH WAS ABOUT A BLACK MAN AND HIS STORIES, TO ATTEND THE PREMIRE OF SAID MOVIE IN A NOW PREDOMINATLY BLACK CITY...BECAUSE HE WAS BLACK. This topic frustrated me so much in the beginning, but the ending helped picked my spirits up and I hope it does the same for you (as well as informs you). Enjoy this episode :)