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100	1		_aDunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne, _d1938-
245	1	0	_aNot "a nation of immigrants" : _bsettler colonialism, white supremacy, and a history of erasure and exclusion / _cRoxanne Dunbar-Ortiz.
246	3	0	_aSettler colonialism, white supremacy, and a history of erasure and exclusion.
264		1	_aBoston : _bBeacon Press, _c[2021]
300			_axxvii, 362 pages ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aAlexander Hamilton -- Settler colonialism -- Arrivants -- Continental imperialism -- Irish settling -- Americanizing Columbus -- "Yellow Peril" -- The border.
520			_aDebunks 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.
520			_aMany 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. 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.
650		0	_aImmigrants _zUnited States _xHistoriography.
650		0	_aSettler colonialism _zUnited States.
650		0	_aWhites _xRace identity _zUnited States _xHistory.
651		0	_aUnited States _xEmigration and immigration _xHistoriography.
651		0	_aUnited States _xEthnic relations _xHistory.
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistoriography.
651		0	_aUnited States _xRace relations _xHistory.
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aDunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne, 1938- _tNot "a nation of immigrants" _dBoston : Beacon Press, [2021] _z9780807036303 _w(DLC) 2021012713.
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