Name: Original Sins: The (Mis)Education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism
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Author: Eve L. Ewing
ISBN: 9780593946879

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Original Sins: The (Mis)Education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism

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Physical Book

Author

Eve L. Ewing

Publisher

Random House Large Print

Language

English

Pages

688

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9780593946879

Original Sins: The (Mis)Education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism

Eve L. Ewing (Author) · Random House Large Print · Paperback

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Synopsis "Original Sins: The (Mis)Education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism"

Why don't our schools work? Eve L. Ewing tackles this question from a new angle: What if they're actually doing what they were built to do? She argues that instead of being the great equalizer, America's classrooms were designed to do the opposite: to maintain the nation's inequalities. It's a task at which they excel. "This book will transform the way you see this country."--Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow 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 U.S. school system has played an instrumental role in creating and upholding racial hierarchies, preparing children to expect unequal treatment throughout their lives. In Original Sins, Ewing demonstrates that our schools were designed to propagate the idea of white intellectual superiority, to "civilize" Native students and to prepare Black students for menial labor. Education was not an afterthought for the Founding Fathers; it was envisioned by Thomas Jefferson as an institution that would fortify the country's racial hierarchy. Ewing argues that these dynamics persist in a curriculum that continues to minimize the horrors of American history. The most insidious aspects of this system fall below the radar in the forms of standardized testing, academic tracking, disciplinary policies, and uneven access to resources. By demonstrating that it's in the DNA of American schools to serve as an effective and underacknowledged mechanism maintaining inequality in this country today, Ewing makes the case that we need a profound reevaluation of what schools are supposed to do, and for whom. This book will change the way people understand the place we send our children for eight hours a day.

Eve L. Ewing

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Eve Louise Ewing, conocida como Eve L. Ewing, es una escritora, socióloga y académica estadounidense nacida en Chicago. Doctora en Educación por la Universidad de Harvard y profesora en la Universidad de Chicago, su trabajo cruza investigación, arte y activismo cultural. Su obra aborda temas como raza, educación y desigualdad, combinando mirada académica con una voz literaria potente. Además de su labor universitaria, ha participado activamente en proyectos comunitarios y culturales, consolidándose como una figura influyente en el pensamiento contemporáneo.

Es autora de libros como Electric Arches, Ghosts in the Schoolyard, 1919 y la novela juvenil Maya and the Robot, además de incursionar en el cómic con títulos de Marvel como Ironheart y Black Panther. Su primer libro recibió reconocimientos como el Alex Award de la American Library Association y el Norma Farber First Book Award, destacando su impacto tanto en la literatura como en la crítica social. Su obra se caracteriza por fusionar poesía, narrativa y análisis cultural con una mirada innovadora y comprometida.

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