{"product_id":"original-sins-the-miseducation-of-black-and-native-children-and-the-construction-of-american-racism-1","title":"Original Sins: The (Mis)Education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Eve L. Ewing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne World\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4\/14\/2026, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSKU: 9780593243725\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"A fascinating and eye-opening look at how American schools have helped build and reinforce an infrastructure of racial inequality . . . a must-read for every American parent and educator.\"--\u003ci\u003eEsquire \u003c\/i\u003e(Most Anticipated Books of 2025)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eIf 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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eOriginal Sins, \u003c\/i\u003eEwing 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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReimagining schools through a communal practice of braiding, Ewing invites readers to consider the power of education toward liberation--schools as collective sites where we can dream and grow our knowledge to building new worlds based on ethical relationships of care.\" \u003c\/span\u003e--Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/as-we-have-always-done-indigenous-freedom-through-radical-resistance?variant=7298300248115\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eAs We Have Always Done\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eOriginal Sins, \u003c\/i\u003eshe makes clear how our country's schools have intentionally configured the contemporary landscape of inequality. Exhaustively researched and exquisitely written, \u003ci\u003eOriginal Sins\u003c\/i\u003e is breathtaking.\" --Clint Smith, author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/how-the-word-is-passed-a-reckoning-with-the-history-of-slavery-across-america-1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow the Word Is Passed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The clearest most comprehensive answer to 'how did all this happen?' I've read.\" --Kaveh Akbar, author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/martyr-1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eMartyr!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Eve L. Ewing lays the bare the core project of dispossession and race-making in American education and statecraft. . . . an extraordinary contribution to political history, studies in education and shared futures.\" --Audra Simpson, author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/mohawk-interruptus?variant=39538016059443\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eMohawk Interruptus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\"Though the argument of this book is bleak, it illuminates a path for a more just future that is nothing short of dazzling.\"--\u003ci\u003eOprah Daily \u003c\/i\u003e(Most Anticipated Books of 2025)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This book will transform the way you see this country.\"--Michelle Alexander, author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/the-new-jim-crow-anniversary-edition?variant=31497165832243\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Jim Crow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout the Author:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eEve L. Ewing \u003c\/b\u003eis a writer, scholar, and cultural organizer from Chicago. She is the award-winning author of four books: \u003ci\u003eElectric Arches, 1919, Ghosts in the Schoolyard, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMaya and the Robot\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the co-author (with Nate Marshall) of the play \u003ci\u003eNo Blue Memories: The Life of Gwendolyn Brooks\u003c\/i\u003e and has written several projects for Marvel Comics. Ewing is an associate professor in the Department of Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity at the University of Chicago. Her work has been published in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New York Times, \u003c\/i\u003eand many other venues.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burning Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52117023949083,"sku":"Original Sins PB","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0466\/5121\/files\/9780593243725.jpg?v=1777150978","url":"https:\/\/burningbooks.com\/products\/original-sins-the-miseducation-of-black-and-native-children-and-the-construction-of-american-racism-1","provider":"Burning Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}