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How To Write A Short Summary Of The Color White By Dee Brown

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This book did a great job in doing what it intended to do. Its goal, I believe, was to shed light on the atrocities and injustices done upon the Native American people, spreading across various tribes. Using multiple primary sources, the author is able to bring accounts of witnesses and quotes forward to prove the points that he wishes to. The objective that the author has made is made clear in the introduction of the book. Dee Brown states in reference to what readers come away with: “ They may learn something about their own relationships to the earth from a people who were true conservationists.” This gives some insight into what he was thinking in terms of what he wanted the reader to come away with. I believe Dee wanted people to become more aware with Native Americans and their way of life, as well as to become more aware of the awful actions done unto them by the American people and U.S. government. It isn’t just to come away with better understanding of a history of the west, but also to generate more sympathy for Native Americans today, too. He claims that if a reader ever sees the squalor and poverty accompanying a modern day Indian reservation (albeit times may have changed today), then they can truly understand the reasons why. The facts that lie within the book …show more content…

Whether this is because of my own White American bias coming from watching Hollywood westerns, I’m not sure. I thought of my own bias and realized the bias from so many others throughout history. Many people during the late 19th century were even more bigoted and biased than I and many others are today. Along with this and the nature of the terrible things done to Native Americans, it is more than fair for their side of the story to be told, even if it is taken from a little bias, if there even is any to begin

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