Talk: Not a Nation of Immigrants [] Center for Global Justice
Event Category: Presentations/Discussions
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Monday, October 11, 20211:00pm CDT – 2:00pm EDT
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
It used to be called Columbus Day, named after that murderous explorer who “discovered” land in the western hemisphere, opening the way for European imperial expansion into this half of the globe.Now that day is called Indigenous Peoples Day or First Peoples Day, honoring those who were here before the immigrants came from Europe.
The Center for Global Justice marks this day with a talk by historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz who will discuss her new book Not a Nation of Immigrants: Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion.Widely acclaimed for her earlier Indigenous Peoples History of the United States, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz’s new book, just release by Beacon Press, debunks the pervasive and self-congratulatory myth that our country is proudly founded by and for immigrants. She urges readers to embrace a more complex and honest history of the United States.
What we do The Center engages in local community support and outreach to promote and advance initiatives and movements toward social justice, grassroots empowerment and democracy, and environmental sustainability. It is also devoted to critical analysis of the processes and impacts of globalization, both local and international. The Center works to develop alternative socio-economic systems that conserve and share the world’s cultural, economic, and environmental resources for the benefit of humankind.
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