JoNel’s Reviews > The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy: And the Path to a Shared American Future > Status Update

As an American of European descent, when contemplating our history of forcibly removing indigenous people and enslaving Africans, I struggle with the question this author poses: "How can we meaningfully respond to being beneficiaries of a crime so plain it cannot be denied and so large it can never be fully righted?" I inherited land that was essentially stolen. I did not "earn" this with merit or hard work.