The Denver star., 1915-11-06
The Birth of a Nation Flayed.
(By J. Meier, White

Evans Ford, in which he endeavors down the i'm
presson and emotions received while witnessing the play
and show from his why the play should be
suppressed
white and lover of the coored went
the plav orer Judge for myself of the worhiness
the unworthness of all agitation going the
ent time concerning the merits of this play there
with wide mind, always willing and ready be
victed of possible convinced that,
from the point point of of the colored
the play should have been Permitted and that the
Negro should leave gle unturned in order to
have it banshed from the because the whole thing is
exceedingly unfair and damaging to the coored race.
From my point of view The Birth of a Nation should
be wiped because of its unfarness the Negro bring
ing out things of fifty that might Judge the
it is today. task to ask of the whites
Because 1t is insult and stumbling block to the hrer
and feelings of millions of American citizens
Because: 1t has elevatng and ennoblng feature
Because does nstill 10 those who it single
desire to live better live..
Because 1t has towards the future and does not
show how the Negro could all the handcaps he
would in the future In word it is not help
full but rather the
Because: 1t only shows the of and does not
suggest an honorable 1t has no feature in that
one would emulate with thf sxcepon Of two faith
full slaves and that white would be capable of
doing
And lastly because human agency has right pick
out the unfortunate element of people and aunt
into the face of the world that the whole be
judged by OF those and
guided few All races and nations have the lnalenaoe
right to be judged by the nobes and best that is in them
Tn@ German. the French the Italian in fact, other
would stand for play like The Birth of Nation if
they substituted for the Negro They could not afford
be judged by the lower element their life and
traits neither the cotoed afford it, and least of all
the white of this country. for shows him off his
greatest disadvantage.
Three cheers for Ohio
Having tie various for banishing
The Birth of the Nation may be permitted put down
some of the impressions | received while witnessing the
play? want make it clear the coored people who
read the Defender, that white people whole do not
this play with the feeling you do. We do
mperections OF today BY viewing anything Of tyI
ago. We feel that that would be unfair and
abominable and you give credit for least that
much fairness
went to the play as would 90 any play,
but with different feeling than had
at the veness I'd unScrupul of white
pie in the play That called educated cultured white
people could stoop so low the poor upeducaed
Negro for the urtherance of their ambitions So
for the IF apparent awessne>s
upon the Negro disgusting to Every white
who the play knows his heart that whatever the
Negro did that time he did because made
eve that he the right he also knows that
white crowd mob would have done the things under
the same circumstances. especially when they led
bv the highest officials of the SonYman leader
of the house. led them the pitch where break had
come.
Mr. Ford says he could in the picture single
eevating the Negro. that action of de
pravity could example the highest order of un
selhhness devotion and fidelity in the self sacrifice of their
lives of the colorrd for their
doubt it white would do for the r form
taskmasters what those did. know
that there thousands other Negroes doing
the thing all the South An everlasting
should be erected bv the white people faithful
ness of the Negro servant.