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Not A Nation of Immigrants

- Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion
Af: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Engelsk Hardback

Not A Nation of Immigrants

- Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion
Af: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Engelsk Hardback
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Debunks the pervasive and self-congratulatory myth that our country is proudly founded by and for immigrants, and urges readers to embrace a more complex and honest history of the United States

Whether in political debates or discussions about immigration around the kitchen table, many Americans, regardless of party affiliation, will say proudly that we are a nation of immigrants. In this bold new book, historian Roxanne 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.

She explains that the idea that we are living in a land of opportunity—founded and built by immigrants—was a convenient response by the ruling class and its brain trust to the 1960s demands for decolonialization, justice, reparations, and social equality. Moreover, Dunbar-Ortiz charges that this feel good—but inaccurate—story promotes a benign narrative of progress, obscuring that the country was founded in violence as a settler state, and imperialist since its inception.

While some of us are immigrants or descendants of immigrants, others are descendants of white settlers who arrived as colonizers to displace those who were here since time immemorial, and still others are descendants of those who were kidnapped and forced here against their will. This paradigm shifting new book from the highly acclaimed author of An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States charges that we need to stop believing and perpetuating this simplistic and a historical idea and embrace the real (and often horrific) history of the United States.
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Debunks the pervasive and self-congratulatory myth that our country is proudly founded by and for immigrants, and urges readers to embrace a more complex and honest history of the United States

Whether in political debates or discussions about immigration around the kitchen table, many Americans, regardless of party affiliation, will say proudly that we are a nation of immigrants. In this bold new book, historian Roxanne 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.

She explains that the idea that we are living in a land of opportunity—founded and built by immigrants—was a convenient response by the ruling class and its brain trust to the 1960s demands for decolonialization, justice, reparations, and social equality. Moreover, Dunbar-Ortiz charges that this feel good—but inaccurate—story promotes a benign narrative of progress, obscuring that the country was founded in violence as a settler state, and imperialist since its inception.

While some of us are immigrants or descendants of immigrants, others are descendants of white settlers who arrived as colonizers to displace those who were here since time immemorial, and still others are descendants of those who were kidnapped and forced here against their will. This paradigm shifting new book from the highly acclaimed author of An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States charges that we need to stop believing and perpetuating this simplistic and a historical idea and embrace the real (and often horrific) history of the United States.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 360
ISBN-13: 9780807036297
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 0807036293
Kategori: Historie
Udg. Dato: 24 aug 2021
Længde: 36mm
Bredde: 238mm
Højde: 162mm
Forlag: Beacon Press
Oplagsdato: 24 aug 2021
Forfatter(e): Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Forfatter(e) Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Kategori Historie

ISBN-13 9780807036297

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 360

Udgave

Længde 36mm

Bredde 238mm

Højde 162mm

Udg. Dato 24 aug 2021

Oplagsdato 24 aug 2021

Forlag Beacon Press

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