Summary of Kathleen Belew & Ramon A. Gutierrez's A Field Guide to White Supremacy

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#1 Two new concepts that focus on the origins, legacies, and persistence of white supremacy in the United States and other settler societies have emerged in the last few decades. They are settler colonialism, which documents the contact and colonization by a nation that wishes to populate the encountered land, and racial capitalism, which describes the intertwined history of capitalism and white supremacy.

#2 The history of American history relies on two racial dichotomies: white/Black and white/nonwhite. These distinctions have been used to tell the story of African slavery and colonial territorial expansion.

#3 Racial capitalism is a term used to describe the historical link between the government, white supremacy, and the economy.

#4 There are many essays in this book that examine the history of racism in America, from the Dawes Act of 1887 that allowed the government to take land from the Oneida Nation to the present day where Muslims are still being denied citizenship.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 7, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822533202

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#1

Two new concepts that focus on the origins, legacies, and persistence of white supremacy in the United States and other settler societies have emerged in the last few decades. They are settler colonialism, which documents the contact and colonization by a nation that wishes to populate the encountered land, and racial capitalism, which describes the intertwined history of capitalism and white supremacy.

#2

The history of American history relies on two racial dichotomies: white/Black and white/nonwhite. These distinctions have been used to tell the story of African slavery and colonial territorial expansion.

#3

Racial capitalism is a term used to describe the historical link between the government, white supremacy, and the economy.

#4

There are many essays in this book that examine the history of racism in America, from the Dawes Act of 1887 that allowed the government to take land from the Oneida Nation to the present day where Muslims are still being denied citizenship.

#5

The relationship between the Oneida Nation and the town of Hobart was strained from the start. The town was founded by tribal members, but they lost political control of it as non-Native property owners began to move into the reservation.

#6

When the towns were established, nobody imagined that the Oneida Nation would be in a position to buy back so much of the reservation that its white neighbors would feel under assault by a tribal government whose land base was rapidly growing.

#7

The path to reacquiring reservation land is full of obstacles. The intergovernmental conflict between the Oneida Nation and the village of Hobart is a case study of how Indigenous power threatens settler authority on a local scale.

#8

In 2004, the Oneida Nation and the village of Hobart signed a service agreement regarding the services provided on trust lands located within the village. In 2007, the president of the village of Hobart, Richard Heidel, wrote to the Bureau of Indian Affairs to oppose the fee-to-trust applications for parcels that the tribe had purchased in 1995, 1999, and 2001.

#9

The village of Hobart, which was adjacent to the Oneida Nation, began developing Centennial Centre, a downtown area that would feature retail businesses, light manufacturing, a village square, and parks and trails. The tribe attempted to block the development, but the court ruled in favor of the village.

#10

Willman’s appointment as director of community development and tribal affairs for the village of Hobart marked a clear stance from the tribal government that it would not negotiate with the village any longer.

#11

The village of