In the epilogue of his book, Clint Smith highlights the lasting impact of slavery in America through personal lineage and historical analysis. He scrutinizes monuments and street names to reveal the oppressive figures they commemorate while connecting today's inequalities to their roots in slavery. Smith's work is a crucial response to contemporary political movements that seek to reshape historical narratives, positing that an understanding of this history is vital for recognizing systemic inequities in wealth, health, and education across communities.
If you don't understand the social, political, and economic impact that the history of slavery has had for centuries, you'll assume that the reason for different levels of wealth, health, or academic outcomes is because of something wrong with the people themselves.
An administration that conceives of patriotic education, so to speak, as something that ignores what we've done wrong is morally and intellectually reprehensible.
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