Text King, Thomas. The Truth about Stories: A Native Narrative. 3rd ed.

, University
of Minnesota Press, 2008.

Quote “Certainly part of it is racism. Not the same brand of racism that created
Less than 4-5 apartheid in South Africa or slavery and segregation in the United States. It’s a
sentences. kinder racism that is cut with a genuine fondness for Natives and Native
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culture, a racism infused with a suffocating paternalism that can gently strangle
include citation in the life out of a people. To be sure, it is an affection that is most times
MLA style: misplaced, an affection that is focused on the more exotic, erotic, mysterious,
and spiritual aspects of Native life, but it is, nonetheless, an appreciation that is
Eg. (King 23) deeply felt and maintained.” (145)

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In less than 200 1) This quote stands out because it explains how the treatment, wether
words, write a good or bad, can negatively affect native americans and King explains
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this.
2) How can positive treatment negatively affect native americans? How
1) What stands out has King explained this?
and why? 3) Some connections I made from this is from is how the treatment of
2) What questions native americans is like the treatment of other races such as Mexican
does this passage
produce for you?
and Japanese.
3) What connections
do you make?

Concept
Connection The treatment of Natives might seem positive since the perspective changes.
In 2-4 sentences, make Some people might think that they are helping them while in reality they are
a connection to a core not.
concept

Lingering How does the perspective of someone helping native americans might change
Questions the effect of the assistance on them?
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