Birth of a nation

https://youtu.be/aWroitR49Uc
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1. Using D.W. Griffith's Birth of A Nation and what you learned from the movie Ethnic Notions, what racial
   stereotypes/"Single Stories" that were used to create an understanding of black people in both the north and
   south that helped/help to maintain the system of white dominance in America? Give examples of which
   characters in the movie fulfill these stereotypes.
2. What were the origins of these stereotypes as per Ethnic Notions?
3. Also, write about the way white men and women from the North and South were depicted in a way that
   showed Southerners as superior and men as superior.
   must understand this film within the context of its time and see how the way we look at African Americans has
   been shaped by the images, stereotypes, and "Single Story" created by this film.

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