Ku Klux Klan Discrimination

While watching the first couple of movies, I learned that the directors and actors and most of the population were extremely racist in the early 1900’s. Instead of casting actual black or Asian men and women, white actors would play blacks and Asians as seen in The Birth of a Nation and Broken Blossoms, respectively. Not only were the actors painted to look like black men and women but they also acted like the stereotypical version of black people: unintelligent, foolish, bad grammar, and unruly behavior. Additionally, during the film, The Birth of a Nation, you learn that the blacks are portrayed as the “bad guys” throughout the movie who run around creating chaos and frightening the townspeople. Consequently, the Ku Klux Klan are portrayed