POSC 225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Life Imitating Art, Dog Whistle, Cannibalism
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Movie about the 13th amendment title of the movie 13th . 2. 3 million people in prison (us has highest rate of incarceration in the world) Grants freedom to all americans, exceptions are criminals. After the civil war, african americans were arrested in mass amounts. Arrested for minor crimes like loitering, etc. The birth of a nation (major blockbuster film) every perceived image of an. African american male is very demonist, cannibalistic, black men are rapists. The movie was responsible for the rebirth of the kkk, burning of the cross was in the movie (life imitating art) A new wave of terrorism was born. Segregation/jim crow laws were regulated that made african americans permanent second class citizens. Civil rights humanists were looked upon as criminals being arrested was a noble thing during this time. Crime rates were rising as civil rights were coming out made it easy for people to blame the freedoms of black people and crime rates increasing.
