Erica (BooksAndNebulas)’s Reviews > Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America > Status Update

“In slavery, both Black and white children were building a sense of self on a foundation of racist ideas.”

Both segregationists and assimilationists ideas have been wrapped up in attractive arguments to seem good. And both have made sure to rewrap up antiracists ideas as evil.
And in wrapping their ideas in goodness,.. [they] have rarely confessed to their racist public policies and ideas.
But why would they?
Racists confessing to their crimes is not in their self interests.