Assignment Task:
How does the racial violence described in the 1519 Dominican Order report illustrate the relationship between racial formation and settler colonialism? How do Omi & Winant's concept of racial projects help explain the use of race to justify these actions?
Glenn argues that settler colonialism is an ongoing structure. How do the methods of control, labor extraction, and gendered violence described in the 1519 report reflect ongoing settler colonial practices? What parallels can you draw between historical and contemporary racial hierarchies?
The Dominican Order report describes how Indigenous people were racialized and subjected to structural violence. How do these examples of racialization compare to the processes described in Understanding Race, Gender, and Power? How do they help us understand race as an intentional colonial construction rather than a natural category? Need Assignment Help?