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HW 04/14
A Couple of Thoughts Before I Begin My Official Writing We discussed breaking down a specific scene and describing why the choices DW Griffith chose for framing that scene were so successful in stoking the flames of racial tensions in the country Making those connections with the discourse of science and law, and how theyContinue reading “HW 04/14”
CL 04/14
I watched the video I am working on a Rough Draft of assignment two I already met with you on WebEx to discuss my assignment
HW 04/09
How do you think the “knowledge” (those are scare quotes, meaning I don’t really think it was knowledge but scientific racism) created by biological determinists and white supremacists in the Supreme Court effected the laws crafted and applied to US territories? Brian Bailie, PhD Biological determinists incited further divisions among races in America by convincingContinue reading “HW 04/09”
CL 04/09
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CL 04/07
Free Write – Assignment 2 – Brainstorm I strongly believe that DW Griffith’s film would not have been such a “success” had the discourse communities of science and law alienated the non-white Americans so fully that the feeling of discontent with the differing races never quite left the white Americans. Politicians played off the hateContinue reading “CL 04/07”
HW 04/02
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CL 04/02
The Birth of a Movement Notes and Class Recap This is a documentary about the backlash against Griffith’s film, The Birth of a Nation. Why we’re watching it; to observe how abnormal discourse occurs when the institutional channels of communication are blocked off. How discourse communities attempt to legitimate themselves and their discourse. To showContinue reading “CL 04/02”
HW 03/31
What is the deal with Dr. Cameron about to bash in the head of his daughter, Margaret right before the Klan shows up? What fears about sex and intermixing are being referenced here, and where have we read about this before? Who else was about to get her head bashed in? Dr. Cameron, I suppose,Continue reading “HW 03/31”
CL 03/31
Background on Flora and Gus Gus is a Union soldier stationed in the Piedmont during Reconstruction Flora is the “little sister” of the Cameron family Gus has been lurking on the edges of a few scenes where Flora has been either the focal point of part of the ensemble Gus is eventually lynched by theContinue reading “CL 03/31”
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