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Racism plagues classic Hollywood movies. From the earliest days of film production, through its most racist era, the 1930s, movies had no shortage of horrible stereotypes and racist caricatures. While filmmakers working independently, like Oscar Micheaux, Maria Williams, and Noble Johnson, made movies about, by, and for black audiences, Hollywood ostracized them.

This video doesn't deal with the actual African American filmmakers making their own way in the world of film but with the racist Hollywood establishment that kept them out. And how audiences everywhere happily overlooked bad history, racist stereotypes, and vile bigotry all in the name of a good night at the movies.