Not "a nation of immigrants" : settler colonialism, white supremacy, and a history of erasure and exclusion /
Many Americans, regardless of party affiliation, will say proudly that we are a nation of immigrants. Dunbar-Ortiz asserts this ideology is harmful and dishonest because it serves to mask and diminish the US's history of settler colonialism, genocide, white supremacy, slavery and structural ine...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston :
Beacon Press,
[2021]
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| Summary: | Many Americans, regardless of party affiliation, will say proudly that we are a nation of immigrants. Dunbar-Ortiz asserts this ideology is harmful and dishonest because it serves to mask and diminish the US's history of settler colonialism, genocide, white supremacy, slavery and structural inequality, all of which we still grapple with today. The idea that we are living in a land of opportunity promotes a benign narrative of progress, obscuring that the country was founded in violence as a settler state and imperialist since its inception. |
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| Physical Description: | xxvii, 362 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780807036297 0807036293 |