Was DW Griffith's Birth of a Nation considered racist when it was first released in 1915?

tuffy2017-05-04T12:20:13Z

Yes - The Great Migration began at that time. It ended in 1970.

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Anonymous2017-05-04T06:37:08Z

No, but attitudes to race were very different then.

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Anonymous2017-05-04T02:16:37Z

Not to whites.

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mokrie2017-05-04T01:32:47Z

No, it was just considered history and factual.

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u_bin_called2017-05-04T01:31:29Z

In many places, yes. Many big-city newspapers wrote editorials condemning the movie and several cities banned it in their their theaters outright.

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