Racial Equity Buddies of Greater Cleveland hosts this thought-provoking discussion on the impactful book and a NY Times best-seller, "The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy"
Our hosts are Chiq Montgomery and Cynthia Lehman. Chiq is a founder member of Racial Equity Buddies, and Cynthia serves on our steering committee.
Here is a very good six-minute Facebook clip about the Doctrine of Discovery. It includes the doctrines' impact on the African continent, its people, as well as the Americas.
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/14QQStghAMa/
Here are some excerpts from the book. Following the excerpts are two additional video clips that have been shared previously, but are worth sending again.
Excerpts
The Doctrine of Discovery merged the interests of European imperialism, including the African slave trade, with Christian missionary zeal
While the Doctrine of Discovery has escaped scrutiny by most white scholars and theologians, Indigenous people and African Americans have long been testifying to these Christian roots of white supremacy, while dying from and living with their damaging effects
The Doctrine of Discovery was formally incorporated into US law in 1823 in Johnson v. M'Intosh, which held, by unanimous decision, that 'discovery gave the US government an exclusive right to extinguish the Indian title of occupancy, either by purchase or conquest.
Johnson v. M'Intosh rooted deeply in the Doctrine of Discovery, set the legal standard for how the US would deal with the Native American population and actively shapes both US and international law today.
The following two video clips
In this six-minute YouTube video, titled "Book Review: The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy," Dina Gilio-Whitaker, a member of the Colville Confederated Tribes, reviews Robert P. Jones' book, *The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy*. You can watch the interview for more insights into her perspectives.
Below is a 7-minute YouTube clip with an interview of the author, Robert P. Jones. There, as in the book, he unequivocally states the original sin of America is NOT 1619 when 16 Africans were sold as indentured servants, but 1493, when the Doctrine of Discovery proclaimed that "white Christian Europeans are inherently superior to all other peoples and therefore anything they do with the 'undiscovered' lands and people therein is justifiable and warranted.
The Origin Story of White Supremacy in America
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