Write a 400- to 600-word response to one of the following prompts. Your commentary should (a) have a thesis or (b) take a firm position. You should produce insightful commentary on the topic you choose and analyze the article rather than merely summarizing it. Finally, while the response prompts ask multiple questions, you do not need to answer all of them. The questions are here to help you think about a topic rather than limit the ways in which you can respond. 1. Pick one of the six “moves to innocence” that Tuck and Yang document and discuss it in relation to a real life situation. (The article provides examples of each of these “moves to innocence,” and this essay question asks you to think of other examples) 2. On pages 4 and 5 of their article, Tuck and Yang discuss external and internal forms of colonialism and suggest that settler nations employ a mix of both in oppressing Indigenous people. Pick one or two of the aspects of external and/or internal colonialism and discuss how Canada (or the Canadian government) employs such tactics to oppress/suppress Indigenous people. Remember: you should engage with Tuck and Yang’s paper, which includes quoting the source!
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