- Outline the basic history of the event(s). You can use a timeline or write it out.
- What justifications did the dominant culture use to promote the oppression of the Other?
- How was science or religion (or both) used to justify the oppression?
- What attitudes, beliefs, and values created the situation that led to the oppression of the Other?
- In what ways was race or ethnicity used to create the oppression?
- How did these oppressions influence modern American ideas on race and ethnicity?