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Weekly Session 2 Ethnic Notions Discussion Board Forum

Weekly Session 2

Q 1). Please consider and discuss how Ethnic Notions helps to further Mitchell's article "Chapter II: Redefining Black Theatre." 2). Please discuss your experience with watching Ethnic Notions,e.g. what did you learn, what did you find most informative, how have your own concepts about "Black Image on Stage, Screen, and Television "changed" from viewing this documentary. Please respond with at least 100 words.

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In my opinion, the video focuses on stereotypes of a specific ethnic group, exclusively showcasing pictures of Black Americans. Mitchell's piece "Chapter II: Redefining Black Theatre" is facilitated by Ethnic Notions. By using a visual representation Early twentieth-century pictures of lynching appear with Reconstructionist representations of Blacks as barbarous savages, film footage from Birth of a Nation, and animal-like portrayals of Black children as pickaninnies.