About the Book: \;
\nDebunks the pervasive and self-congratulatory myth that our cou ntry is proudly founded by and for immigrants\, and urges readers to embra ce a more complex and honest history of the United States
\nWhether in political debates or discussions about immigration around the kitchen t able\, many Americans\, regardless of party affiliation\, will say proudly that we are a nation of immigrants. In this bold new book\, historian Rox anne Dunbar-Ortiz asserts this ideology is harmful and dishonest because i t serves to mask and diminish the US&rsquo\;s history of settler coloniali sm\, genocide\, white supremacy\, slavery\, and structural inequality\, al l of which we still grapple with today.
\nShe explains that the idea that we are living in a land of opportunity&mdash\;founded and built by i mmigrants&mdash\;was a convenient response by the ruling class and its bra in trust to the 1960s demands for decolonialization\, justice\, reparation s\, and social equality. Moreover\, Dunbar-Ortiz charges that this feel go od&mdash\;but inaccurate&mdash\;story promotes a benign narrative of progr ess\, obscuring that the country was founded in violence as a settler stat e\, and imperialist since its inception.
\nWhile some of us are immi grants or descendants of immigrants\, others are descendants of white sett lers 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 t he highly acclaimed author of \;An Indigenous Peoples&rsquo\; History of the United States \;charges that we need to stop believing and perp etuating this simplistic and a historical idea and embrace the real (and o ften horrific) history
\n\nAbout the Author: \;
\nR oxanne Dunbar-Ortiz\, a \;New York Times \;best-selling author\, g rew up in rural Oklahoma in a tenant farming family. She has been active i n the international Indigenous movement for more than 4 decades and is kno wn for her lifelong commitment to national and international social justic e issues. Dunbar-Ortiz is the winner of the 2017 Lannan Cultural Freedom P rize\, and is the author or editor of many books\, including \;An Indi genous Peoples&rsquo\; History of the United States\, a recipient of the 2 015 American Book Award. She lives in San Francisco. Connect with her at r eddirtsite.com or on Twitter @rdunbaro.
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