ewed during the course The Birth of a Nation.
             The Birth of a Nation is a controversial film directed and produced by D.W. Griffith on the 1915. As stated by Hall, Griffith's work is "a well thought out piece of propaganda for his clearly white supremacist and segregationist ideologies" (Hadley-Garcia 52). The central theme of this film is an African- American/Caucasian battle between the black southerners and the white northerners during Reconstruction. Through Griffith's views, a sense of how whites perceived blacks at the time is evident. Interestingly however, the film is situated from a white southerner's standpoint, as opposed to the typical northern side. This technique leads the viewer to understand the origin and sympathize with the motivation of the Klu Klux Klan. According to Griffith, "whites were overwhelmed with black uprising and enfranchisement after emancipation, and [therefore] a force was needed to suppress and uphold societal standards" (Rosaldo 52). When the black southerners were given equality during the
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