An American Legacy: Racism Nativism and White Supremacy

For many Americans the rise of white supremacy is a recent phenomenon. The truth is quite thecontrary. In this book David R. Morse details how racism and nativism have been constants inAmerica from the founding of Jamestown to the administration of Donald Trump.The most egregious example of racism has been directed at African Americans who came to thiscountry not of their own free will but as slaves. From the Civil War to the Civil Rights movement toBlack Lives Matter the struggle for equality has been ongoing and so often contested by Whites.Additionally as various immigrant groups have come to the U.S. the public and the governmenthave responded by vilifying them often with violence once they arrive.This book makes a cogent argument that people who are or were different from the countryswhite Anglo founders have always been viewed with suspicion. At the same time Blacks and immigrantgroups have contributed to the nations growth and the development of a national identity.With individual chapters for specific ethnic groups this book explores the implications of race andethnicity on science and the Census and how racial classifications and theories have changed overtime. Morse also looks to the future and examines various evidence that points to the role of race inthe coming decades as Americas White population approaches less than half the U.S. population.