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100 1  Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne,|d1938-|eauthor. 
245 10 Not "a nation of immigrants" :|bsettler colonialism, white
       supremacy, and a history of erasure and exclusion /
       |cRoxanne Dunbar-Ortiz. 
246 30 Settler colonialism, white supremacy, and a history of 
       erasure and exclusion 
264  1 Boston :|bBeacon Press,|c[2021] 
300    xxvii, 362 pages ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-340) and 
       index. 
505 0  Alexander Hamilton -- Settler colonialism -- Arrivants -- 
       Continental imperialism -- Irish settling -- Americanizing
       Columbus -- "Yellow Peril" -- The border. 
520    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 
       charges that we need to stop believing and perpetuating 
       this simplistic and ahistorical idea and embrace the real 
       (and often horrific) history of the United States. 
650  0 Immigrants|zUnited States|xHistoriography. 
650  0 Settler colonialism|zUnited States. 
650  0 White people|xRace identity|zUnited States|xHistory. 
650  7 Settler colonialism.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst02025744 
650  7 Emigration and immigration|xHistoriography.|2fast
       |0(OCoLC)fst01352896 
650  7 Ethnic relations.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00916005 
650  7 Historiography.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00958221 
650  7 Immigrants|xHistoriography.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00967740 
650  7 Race relations.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01086509 
650  7 White people|xRace identity.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01174825 
651  0 United States|xHistoriography. 
651  0 United States|xEmigration and immigration|xHistoriography.
651  0 United States|xRace relations|xHistory. 
651  0 United States|xEthnic relations|xHistory. 
651  7 United States.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204155 
655  7 History.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628 
776 08 |iOnline version:|aDunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne, 1938-|tNot "a 
       nation of immigrants"|dBoston : Beacon Press, [2021]
       |z9780807036303|w(DLC)  2021012713 
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