Miami Dade College Cultural Studies Discussion
Description
- Topic: Trail of Tears (1831-1850) Native Americans
- Questions:
- I.What justifications did the dominant culture use to promote the oppression of the Other
- II.How was science or religion (or both) used to justify the oppression?
- III.What attitudes, beliefs, and values created the situation that led to the oppression of the Other?
- IV.In what ways was race or ethnicity used to create the oppression?
- How did these oppressions influence modern American ideas on race and ethnicity?
