NOT A NATION OF IMMIGRANTS: SETTLER COLONIALISM, WHITE SUPREMACY, AND A HISTORY

Ce texte s'attaque au mythe omniprésent selon lequel les Etats-Unis ont été fondés par et pour les immigrés, et invite les lecteurs à adopter une histoire plus complexe et plus honnête.

In political debates or discussions about immigration, many Americans proudly claim that we are a nation of immigrants. In this bold new book, historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz argues that this ideology is harmful and dishonest. It hides and downplays the US history of settler colonialism, genocide, white supremacy, slavery, and structural inequality. These issues still affect us today.

She explains that the idea of America as a land of opportunity was a response by the ruling class. It was a reaction to demands for decolonization, justice, and social equality in the 1960s. Dunbar-Ortiz claims this feel-good story obscures the fact that the country was founded on violence as a settler state and was imperialist from the start.

Some of us are immigrants or their descendants. Others are descendants of white settlers who came to displace the original peoples. Still others are descendants of people who were kidnapped and forced here. This paradigm-shifting book urges us to stop believing and perpetuating this simplistic, ahistorical narrative. We need to embrace the real history of the United States.

Not a Nation of Immigrants: Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion - Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz - 9780807055588