In the seemingly innocent 1941 Disney film Dumbo, the crows were clearly used to represent the Black community, by the jargon they used and the references to being poor and lacking education — stereotypes relegated to African-Americans. And here’s the clincher: The No. 1 crow’s name was Jim Crow. Talk about insulting. Birth of a Nation
Protests of this 1915 film were plentiful, as Birth of a Nation portrayed Blacks as dumb men aggressively seeking white women for sex. Worse, the actors representing the Blacks were white actors made up in black face. And check it: the Ku Klux Klan was portrayed as a heroic entity. Yeah, we know.
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The Crows
Birth of a Nation
