/tmp/kmlfi.jpg White Terror – 7 – Hidden History of Hollywood

“Only the colored people themselves can determine their political, social and economic future.”

William Monroe Trotter

Prof. EA Kiss

This course surveys a hidden canon of African American film while also uncovers the roots of representational injustice in Hollywood and the secret, but cardinal role Woodrow Wilson played in the production and distribution of Griffith’s “The Birth of a Nation” that led to the rebirth of the KKK. Wilson’s policy of segregation was adapted by Hollywood as a self-censoring industry regulation of representation. Black people could only appear on screen as subservient and marginal characters, never as equals, partners or leaders. This industry code, Wilson’s legacy, has become second nature to Hollywood.

Reaching for the Ballot Box

At the bottom of the scene is a black soldier under the boots of the three pillars of the Democratic Party. Below him is the American flag, also trampled by the Democrats. The soldiers reaches vainly for the ballot box, which has also been cast to the ground.