Any topic (writer’s choice)

Read the Fitzgerald textbook Recognizing Race and Ethnicity: Power, Privilege, and Inequality and then watch the documentary entitled  “The Canary Effect” before starting. at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uk9S6fcdPk

Follow this guideline:

Start with an introduction. Here you should have a clear presentation of a problem, topic, or thesis statements (in other words, there should be a sentence or two in your introduction that tells the reader what you will discuss in your paper)
Briefly summarize what you viewed. This summary should be no more than 2 paragraphs.
What information/statistics/perspectives stood out to you?
Use the theory of Internal Colonialism to analyze the film.
Explain how the white racial frame theoretical perspective may help us understand why many Americans have not been taught the true nature of Anglo Native relations/conflict in the U.S.
Based on what you saw, discuss how the terms racialization of state policy and racial dictatorship may be applied to the circumstance of Native Americans in the film.
Can you think of any other relevant terms/concepts/theories covered in class/text that could apply to the film?
Based on the information relayed in chapters 3-4 and the information presented in The Canary Effect, how do you think the US government, capitalism and racism may be linked and how might they reinforce each other?

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