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Óli Gneisti (English)

In an ironic twist D. W. Griffith followed up his pro-KKK film *The Birth of a Nation* (1915) with *Intolerance* (1916) which was surprisingly not anti-tolerance. I imagine that Griffith saw formerly enslaved black people as being intolerant of their benevolent masters.

I've seen neither film. Nor have I seen *Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl* (1919, for some reason usually referred to as simply *Broken Blossoms*) based on the short story *The Chink and the Child*. The racial politics of that film were apparently fine **for its time** but awful by any objective standard.

I wouldn't rule out watching Griffith's films but I don't envision a scenario in which I could watch a pro-KKK film with an "open mind" and enjoying it for aesthetic or technical reasons.

#racism#films#kkk
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MikeDunnAuthor

Today in Labor History April 13, 1873: The Colfax massacre, occurred in Colfax, Louisiana. A mob of former Confederate soldiers and current KKK members murdered 60-153 black militiamen after they surrendered. The militiamen were guarding the parish courthouse in the wake of the contested 1872 election for governor. Southern elections during Reconstruction were regularly marred by violence and fraud. It was the worst act of racist violence during Reconstruction.

Gathering the dead after the Colfax massacre, published in Harper's Weekly, May 10, 1873. By Unknown author - http://blackhistory.harpweek.com/7Illustrations/Reconstruction/Illustrations/0397w500.jpg via http://blackhistory.harpweek.com/7Illustrations/Reconstruction/GatheringTheDead.htm, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6693644
#workingclass#LaborHistory#kkk
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MikeDunnAuthor

Today In Labor History April 11, 1934: Frank Norman, who had the gall to organize ALL citrus workers in the south, regardless of their race, was kidnapped from his home in Florida and murdered by Ku Klux Klansmen, dressed in local sheriff’s uniforms. Despite overwhelming evidence from the union, the case was swept under the rug by state officials, in the pocket of the citrus bosses. In May, 2018, the Sioux Falls AFL-CIO passed a resolution banning fascists and white supremacists from holding any positions of power in their union. In their resolution, they referenced both the murder of Frank Norman, and the recent murder of Heather Heyer, by white supremacists, in Charlottesville.

Magazine article, with picture of klansmen, dressed in hoods and robes, facing off against a room full of African American people, and the headline: Union Organizer murdered by kkk on April 11, 1934.

Magazine article, with picture of klansmen, dressed in hoods and robes, facing off against a room full of African American people, and the headline: Union Organizer murdered by kkk on April 11, 1934.
#workingclass#LaborHistory#union
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Luigi

#FreeMahmoudKhalil
Protesting genocide is not a crime!
Fight back against repression!
#ICE out of our communities!
#mahmoudkhalil⁩ ⁨#politicalPrisioners⁩ ⁨#gazasolidarityencampment⁩ ⁨#deportation⁩ ⁨#freepalestine⁩ ⁨#gazagenocide⁩ ⁨#meltICE⁩ ⁨#protest⁩ ⁨ ⁨#solidarity⁩ ⁨#students⁩ ⁨#repression⁩ ⁨#donaldtrump⁩ ⁨#trumpRegime⁩
⁨#HandsOffOurStudents⁩ #ReleaseMahmoudKhalil
⁨#sds⁩ ⁨#protest⁩ ⁨#mahmoudkhalil⁩ ⁨#deportation⁩ ⁨#DonalTrumpRegime⁩
⁨#Kkk⁩ ⁨#solidarity⁩ ⁨#freeSpeech⁩ ⁨#trumpism⁩

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Silkester

What the ACLU & Supreme Court got wrong is the deliberate #stochasticTerror attempt by #KKK in Ohio v Brandenburg & related cases: There's a line, that when there's a measurable link of violence against a group of people, whether it's PoCs or election workers in 2020 & the rhetoric of agitators, the buck stops. I agree the bar needs to be high, but Volksverhetzung (= hate speech against groups of people) is a threat to democracy + where the tolerance paradox applies.
#1stAmendment #Politics #Law

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gtbarry

LA Times reportedly removes new AI tool from story after it downplayed KKK

the AI tool on an LA Times article about the 100th anniversary of the city of Anaheim removing KKK members from its city council.

The AI-generated note appeared to downplay the KKK’s racist history

#LAtimes #Insights #KKK #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Anaheim #journalism #media #technology #tech

theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m

The Guardian · LA Times reportedly removes new AI tool from story after it downplayed KKKBy Anna Betts
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