Examine the beginning of the struggle, the start of the resistance, and the ways that the struggle (and the resistance) has changed or adapted over the years.

Final Research Project and PaperSince Christopher Columbus “discovered” Hispaniola, the island he claimed and named for Spain centuries ago, many, if not all, of the people who call the Americas home continue to struggle with the lasting legacies of racism and racial hierarchy, colonialism in the form of postcolonialism, physical and cultural borderlines, and unequal geopolitical power relationships. Hispaniola, now Haiti and the Dominican Republic, is the violent meeting place of Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans. After the official end of African enslavement in the Americas, Asians, mostly as colonial subjects of the British Empire, were brought in as a replacement labor force in parts of the Caribbean and Latin American. The peoples and cultures created out of the crucible of colonization and enslavement have been fighting, ever since, to assert their humanity in a global power structure that often dehumanizes them because of race, color, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, national origin, religion, language, or disability. As we have seen in 2019 and 2020, the resistance movements that started with people wanting equal access, better living and working conditions, better schools and life choices for their children, an end to police brutality, as well as a safe stable government that respects their rights as human beings, continues unabated. This research project, and the corresponding research paper, can examine any aspect of transnational activism and resistance against institutional discrimination and neglect and any historical or current struggle for justice, dignity, and restitution. This research project and paper can also be a reckoning with history, a correction to dominant culture narratives that usually blame the victim, downplay dominant acts and symbols of racial terror as displays of racial pride, or denies cultural appropriation. To make this project truly reflect the tenets of transnationalism, you have to have examples of intersectionality, how multiple identities are being negotiated. You must show the overlap of issues and how that can sometimes complicate the resistance effort. Examine the beginning of the struggle, the start of the resistance, and the ways that the struggle (and the resistance) has changed or adapted over the years. Resistance can take the form of political resistance as well as artistic resistance. The possibilities are endless. Start with a research question. In addition, you can look beyond the United States and the Americas, given the nature of transnationalism, if your research takes you to another part of the world. You also have the opportunity to create your own autobiographical project that will still require you to use literary sources. Again, each project must refer back to specific examples from transitional literature and use supporting details and quotes from transnational writers and thinkers. Your research paper and project must make use of the vocabulary of transnationalism. The research project has to be presented on Blackboard. You must create either a PowerPoint presentation of your work, a short film, a narrated photo or art collage, or an audio diary that follows the Radio Rookies format. You can interview people in your community or family members, much like the Radio Rookies reporters. The written portion of the research must be 4 to 5 pages and must follow MLA format. You need to refer to at least 4 literary sources and 3 secondary sources in your paper.Possible Topics:From Great Migration to Black Lives MatterReggae, Hip Hop, Reggaetón, and AfrobeatNative Americans Reclaiming their Images and Fighting for Self-RepresentationTransnationalism and Domestic WorkersTrapped and Caged on the BorderEssential Workers and TransnationalismRace, Language, and COVID-19Transgender Rights All Hail the QueenSex Tourism and Sex Trafficking War Zones and RefugeesBlack Panthers and the Young LordsGenerational ConflictsGender Divides Waiting to Be Sent forhttps://youtu.be/ITGfKeMZ6dA