"A 'contact' perspective emphasizes how subjects are constituted in and by their relations to each other. It treats the relations among colonizers and colonized, or travelers and 'travelees,' not in terms of  separateness or apartheid, but in terms of copresence, interaction, interlocking understandings and practices, often within radically asymmetrical relations of power." (Louise. 35)

The native Indians of the Americas, as well as "others" who are not part of western society, have always been thought of as being inferior when compared to the ideals of western civilization. These views have been birthed in "contact zones", areas in which two cultures meet and one culture usually has a distinct advantage over the other. In some places, the mindset of the modern world is still stuck in the 16th century. To this day, non-western individuals are looked down upon, exploited, and discriminated against solely upon the basis of skin color and ethnicity by those who consider themselves western.

"Racial Classification through Stereotyping is a necessary component of colonialist discourse, as it justifies domination and masks the colonizer's fear of the inability to always already know the Other. Our Experiences in the cage suggested that even though the idea that America is a colonial system is met with resistance- since it contradicts the dominant ideology's presentation of our system as a democracy- the audience reactions indicated that colonialist roles have been internalized quite effectively." (Fusco. 23)