Word: propagandas
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...message of racial superiority is repugnant to our national ideal of racial equality and to all fair-minded people. There are historical inaccuracies and exaggerations in the depiction of the Reconstruction Period. From a social standpoint, the study of this film may be compared with the study of enemy propaganda--to learn how we may best counteract and defeat...
...criticism of what you have done or failed to do . . . I hereby propose . . . for the sake of democracy and the nation, that we cooperate in the coming elections." If Plastiras was embarrassed, he did not show it. He did not formally agree to accept Communist support, but his election propaganda took a sharp, easily recognizable turn: it charged the opposition Greek Rally Party with being a Fascist organization...
...brand of liberal education. Evidently, they believe that the tolerance gained through constant association with Negroes in classes, dormitories, and athletics is hollow and dry. Apparently they think the views of a notoriously "liberal" faculty have had no influence. How else could one film, no matter how blatant its propaganda, effectively inject bigotry into the phlegmatically tolerant Harvard audience...
...about city-wide racial tension, as well as buck pressure groups every day, to take the broad view toward tolerance. But maybe the issue should be put in their own terms: there are many people who would like to see Birth of a Nation and judge its art and propaganda for themselves. They may not be vocal now, but a ban will surely create considerable ill-will. It will take a good deal of tolerance on their part to dilute the bitterness that comes when small groups or individuals try to force their standards of taste on others...
...Committee agreed with the three steps proposed by the H.L.U. and H.S.M.R. to counteract any prejudicial effects of the film. These are: a pamphlet on the propaganda aspects, to be distributed to patrons as they enter; a short explanatory speech before the showing; and a questionnaire afterwards to judge the actual effect on the audience. Peter Rossi, assistant professor of Social Relations, will administer the poll...