One of your readings from The Great White Way: Race and the Broadway Musical, concentrates on how Rodgers and Hammerstein addressed, or rather did not address, the First Nation (Native American) population of the “Indian Territory”—the setting for the musical, Oklahoma! Author Warren Hoffman offers several possible explanations for the absence of these people from the characters, plot, and dramatic action.
Develop a short essay discussing at least two reasons Hoffman cites for the lack of Native American characters in Oklahoma!
