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Original sins : the (mis)education of Black and native children and the construction of American racism / Eve L. Ewing.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ewing, Eve L., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Discrimination in education--United States--History.
- Discrimination in education.
- Public schools--United States--History.
- Public schools.
- Segregation in education--United States--History.
- Segregation in education.
- Racism--United States--History.
- Racism.
- Education--Political aspects.
- Education.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- New York : One World, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2025]
- Contents:
- PART I: Jefferson's Ghost and the Purpose(s) of School
- An American Classic
- 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: Measurement and the Architects of Progress
- Race and IQ: The "Debate" that Never Dies
- 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
- Dispossession by Degrees: Universities and the Legacy of Theft
- A Place to Learn Your Place: Education and Racial Capitalism
- Conclusion: Strands Together.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 19, 2025).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Ewing, Eve L. Original sins
- ISBN:
- 9780593243718
- 0593243714
- Publisher Number:
- 40032649828
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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