The fact is, she consistently would paint Griffith as the victim, refused to acknowledge any harm done by BOAN, nonsensically claimed it wasn't racist because one of the antagonists was white. This was generally written off as "Oh, the sweet old thing doesn't understand."
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The sweet old thing understood exactly what was going on.
Well, since I am a chick, I guess that little trick doesn't work on me.
Like this, in fact. Like this.
Gish gets fact checked like everyone else. I am not making her look bad, she spent most of the 20th century doing it to herself.
I play rough because I care.