Rhetorical Analysis: in what ways does white colonial power structures favor or challenge heteronormativity?

Rhetorical Analysis

Find an example/text of media (book, show, movie, play, advertisement) and perform an analysis on how gender/sexuality in white supremacy are treated in the text. Consider (not exclusively) these questions:

  • What is the gendered/sexual background of the characters and actors who play them?
  • Which characters are central to the narrative plot and how is white gender/sexuality figured to be relevant or irrelevant?
  • How does gender/sexuality guide decision-making and the values of the colonized/colonial community?
  • In what ways does white colonial power structures favor or challenge heteronormativity?
  • How does the status quo of white heteronormativity remain unquestioned?