Compare Contrast "Ethnic Notions" and "Birth of a Nation"

In the film "Ethnic Notions" and "Birth of a Nation" racism is clearly present. Both films show the depiction of blacks in the eyes of white Americans. The film "Birth of a Nation" showed the Ku Klux Klan's hatred for all African Americans, while "Ethnic Notions" took the viewer through the history of some of the common terms for blacks. Some of the terms are "Mammy", "Coon", and the Tom. With such characters as the "Coon", the producers set out to make this characters main goal to give amusement to others. He is shown as a complete buffoon that acted like a screwball. …