(June 11, 2020 at 7:11 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: The message of "Birth of a Nation" was that this kind of attitude was acceptable. The discussion should take off from that point. (One thing I pointed out to the prof. was that the worst characters in the movie were portrayed by whites in black-face. Negros wouldn't do those parts.)
That is the point. One does not have to like the cruelty of history, or pop culture of the time that promotes it, no matter the point in history. But once the adversary is defeated, it is still important to keep that horrible history, not in a manor of honor, but in a matter or record, to learn what not to do.