Lawrence notes that colonial societies must invent and justify themselves and establish racial hierarchies. Discuss what the author means and why this hierarchy was particularly ironic and problematic in Canada.

question: Lawrence notes that colonial societies must invent and justify themselves and establish racial hierarchies. Discuss what the author means and why this hierarchy was particularly ironic and problematic in Canada.
Answer the following question in essay form in not more than 550 words.

for reference please use textbook –
gender and women’s studies
critical terrain
second edition
edited by margaret hobbs and carla rice
CHAPTER 34 ‘REGULATING NATIVE IDENTITY BY GENDER’
Bonita Lawrence