

kindness seems pretty exclusive to white people.
I suppose big portions of history would nod quietly at this, if they could.
With maybe a clarifying note that the real goal was classism, and racism was just a convenient way to achieve more classism.
A college class introduced me to “The Birth of a Nation” aka The Clansman: A Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan
Fuck no. It is a deeply messed up racist pile of shit.
It certainly opened my eyes to it’s place in history.
Since the film itself is best left to the trash heap of forgotten awfulness, here’s two points from Wikipedia that feel worth remembering: