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Original sins : the (mis)education of Black and Native children and the construction of American racism / Eve L. Ewing.
"American public schools have been called the 'great equalizer.' If all children could just get an education, the logic goes, they would have the same opportunities later in life. But this historical tour-de-force makes it clear that the opposite is true: the educational system has played an instrumental role in creating racial hierarchies, preparing children to expect unequal treatment throughout their lives. In Original Sins, Ewing demonstrates that schools were designed to propagate the idea of white intellectual superiority, to 'civilize' Native students and to prepare Black students for menial labor. Schools were not an afterthought for the 'founding fathers'; they were envisioned by Thomas Jefferson to fortify the country's racial hierarchy. And while those dynamics are less overt now than they were in centuries past, Ewing shows that they persist in a curriculum that continues to minimize the horrors of American history." --Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593243701
- ISBN: 0593243706
- Physical Description: xii, 375 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : One World, 2025.
- Copyright: ©2025
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-311) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- Part I: What are schools for? Jefferson's ghost ; Making citizens: schools for White people ; Saviorism and social control: schools for Black people ; Disappearance by design: schools for Native people -- Part II: Defective strains. The gospel of intellectual inferiority ; A nation for the fittest: endless measurement and the architects of progress ; Whose knowledge? -- Part III: Hands clasped. Carceral logics ; To resist is to be criminal ; Absolute obedience and perfect submission -- Part IV: Somebody's got to mow the lawn. A crooked playing field ; Slavery, settler colonialism, and American wealth ; A place to learn your place: education and racial capitalism -- Conclusion: Strands together: imagination, liberation, and braiding. |
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