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The Birth of A Nation was a film that portrayed American life at the time right after slavery. The goal of the film is to make people believe that African Americans cause division. The film also renforced racial biased by making the African American characters seem predatory or uncivilized. The Strivings of the Negro PeopleContinue reading “HW 4/14”

I think the “knowledge” created by biological determinists and white supremacists in the Supreme Court effected the laws and impacted to US territories. The Supreme Court of the U.S.A in 1901 said that “the alien races of the territories may not be able to understand anglo-saxon laws”. This has effected the voter rights of theContinue reading “HW 4/9”

I will use word to format my paper in MLA.

In Birth of A Nation, the scene with Gus chasing Flora clearly demonstrates the point that Griffith is trying to make. This discourse community believes that African Americans were dangerous and predators, and that white people were heros and innocent. The theory of discourse is that the way people act and think is affected byContinue reading “CL 4/7”

The Guardian was the name of the newspaper in response to both The Birth of a Nation and white supremacy in general. There was a rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan after the the film The Ku Klux Klan put down African Americans and enforced the idea of white supremacy. The NAACP was already founded before theContinue reading “CL 4/2”

Dr. Cameron was about to bash in the head of his daughter, Margaret because he was angry and afraid when he saw the African Ameifcan man touching Margaret. The fears about intermixing are being referenced here are that intermixing is terrible and that that will lead to a lower class person. The fear is thatContinue reading “HW 3/31”

Gus is dressed as a solider, but his clothes are dirty. This tells us that we should be afraid of him. Flora is dressed in a plaid dress, and she has ribbons in her hair. This tells us that we should feel that she is sweet, innocent and childlike. The lighting is darker around Gus,Continue reading “CL 3/31”

Basic Terms Auteur-French for author. Critics would use this word to describe the person that made a film that showed their personality. Crtics could review American films that had been overlooked by European films. Diegesis- events, spaces, objects and characters that live in them. This also includes things, attitudes, and actions that are not explicitlyContinue reading “HW 3/26”