Bibliograph

Not "a nation of immigrants", settler colonialism, white supremacy, and a history of erasure and exclusion, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

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Label

Not "a nation of immigrants", settler colonialism, white supremacy, and a history of erasure and exclusion, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Not "a nation of immigrants"

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1198218102

Responsibility statement

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Sub title

settler colonialism, white supremacy, and a history of erasure and exclusion

Summary

"The common assumption that the United States is a "nation of immigrants" camouflages the reality that the US is a colonialist settler state"--, Provided by publisherMany 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. -- adapted from jacket

Table Of Contents

Alexander Hamilton -- Settler colonialism -- Arrivants -- Continental imperialism -- Irish settling -- Americanizing Columbus -- "Yellow Peril" -- The border

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Settler colonialism, white supremacy, and a history of erasure and exclusion

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