4/14 HW

D.W Griffith’s film The Birth of a Nation is a film that portrays a very strong but frightening message. The film is about two families: the Stonemans of the North and the Camerons of the South who were on two different sides during the Civil war and Reconstruction era. During this era the discourse communities believed that whites were superior. Griffith tries to argue his claim about race in America that whites are superior and blacks are inferior and frightening.