Essay On Native American Culture

After taking over the race, the next process for the imperialist nations is to use race to assimilate the minorities, replacing their cultures and customs with those of some of, if not all of, the dominant culture. The 4th example is when the United States replaces the culture of the next generation of the Native Americans with its own. By doing this, the United States is ensuring that the next generation, now attuned to the dominant culture, “were already thinking of the years ahead and the new places and people that were waiting for [them] in the future[,which they] had lived for since [they] first began to believe in the qword ‘someday’ the way white people do.” (Silko 67). The United States, by teaching their culture to the Native Americans,

Over time, because the minorities are so different from their own, the dominant culture of the imperialist empires begins to fear and hate the minorities, just for being what they are. The first example of this use of race is that, over time, the dominant culture begins to fear betrayal and warfare if it grants access to the minority races. In this case, the United states, from the perspective of “the whites; [fears that] the Indians [,] being led on by the negro [,] who is better acquainted with the customs, language, and manners of the whites, than the Indian, these savages would become much more formidable than they otherwise would, and long and bloody wars would be the fruits of the comingling of the races.” (Limerick 278) The dominant culture, over time, begins to fear that the races will, if given the chance to assimilate and learn from the dominant race, will unite together and betray the dominant race, so it is better to keep them separated from each other and the dominant culture. Essentially, comingling will also produce future wars, if not with the dominant culture than between the minorities as a result. Paraphrase: let one in to American society, the rest will follow. Have to keep America pure (Limerick