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Settler Colonialism as Structure: A Framework for Comparative Studies of U.S. Race and Gender Formation
Understanding settler colonialism as an ongoing structure rather than a past historical event serves as
the basis for an historically grounded and inclusive analysis of U.S. race and gender formation. The settler
goal of seizing and establishing property rights over land and resources required the removal of indigenes,
which was accomplished by various forms of direct and indirect violence, including militarized genocide.
Settlers sought to control space, resources, and people not only by occupying land but also by establishing
an exclusionary private property regime and coercive labor systems, including chattel slavery to work the
land, extract resources, and build infrastructure. I examine the various ways in which the development of
a white settler U.S. state and political economy shaped the race and gender formation of whites, Native
Americans, African Americans, Mexican Americans, and Chinese Americans.
Keywords: settler colonialism, decolonization, race, gender, genocide, white supremacy
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