Not 'a Nation of Immigrants': Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion Free Audiobook Download by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

The United States is a settler colonial state that was established by white people who arrived on the continent in search of land, and it has always been their goal to control the land. They came not to share, but to take.

The concept of "a nation of immigrants" is a myth that has been used to create a narrative of diversity and multiculturalism in the United States, providing a false sense of an ever-changing nation. In reality, what most people love about America is the idea that they are white and they have moved here from somewhere else (like Ireland). They know their family has been here for generations. This fantasy allows them to enjoy the benefits of settler colonialism without facing the oppressive realities inherent in their own history of oppression and erasure.

Not 'a Nation of Immigrants': Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion is an audiobook that explores settler colonialism, white supremacy, and the willful erasure of Indigenous history in US borderlands. Following this narrative, the author talks about how American history was written in order to justify settler colonialism.

In the early days of white settlement, Native Americans were forcibly displaced from their land and assimilated into the colonial society. The Indigenous community was then exterminated or live in near-slavery states of displacement as a consequence of colonization.

In the United States, settlers were looking for a place to be different and they found it in the west. What they found was a land they could take without resistance and use it as a place to raise their families. This had never been done before, so this was not "a Nation of Immigrants." Instead, this was a place of settler colonialism.

This audiobook is a must listen for any and all who consider themselves to be community organizers, advocates and/or 'changemakers.' The stories of Native-Americans, Mexicans and African-Americans are so powerful and the insight into how this country was built upon racism, sexism, imperialism and genocide is more than eye opening.