Teaching White Supremacy: America's Democratic Ordeal and the Forging of Our National Identity | Donald Yacovone
464 pages | Vintage Books | 10.24.23
A powerful exploration of the past and present arc of America’s white supremacy—from the country’s inception and Revolutionary years to its nineteenth century flashpoint of civil war; to the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s and today’s Black Lives Matter.
In Teaching White Supremacy, Donald Yacovone shows us the clear and
damning evidence of white supremacy’s deep-seated roots in our nation’s education system in a fascinating, in-depth examination of America’s wide assortment of texts, from primary readers to college textbooks and other higher-ed course materials. Sifting through a wealth of materials, from the colonial era to today, Yacovone reveals the systematic ways in which white supremacist ideology has infiltrated American culture and how it has been at the heart of our collective national identity.
damning evidence of white supremacy’s deep-seated roots in our nation’s education system in a fascinating, in-depth examination of America’s wide assortment of texts, from primary readers to college textbooks and other higher-ed course materials. Sifting through a wealth of materials, from the colonial era to today, Yacovone reveals the systematic ways in which white supremacist ideology has infiltrated American culture and how it has been at the heart of our collective national identity.
