Put together a guide for the paper to go based off of. 3 big points should be hit. No citations needed. Here’s the prompt:

How does the state, law and policy (state institutions and policies: federal, local, agency, institutional, etc.) impact racial and gender hierarchies in the United States, from the colonial period through the 1990s? What are some of the lasting legacies and consequences of the state’s role, law, and policy in constructing and perpetuating inequity?