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WARCDH URCHILL
BY
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SAFNR ANCISCO
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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wiluln doulbynt oetdneo otnl yt hatl ietn-hpeu o fm ateirnit ahsle e cond
editiissot nnrg oebru,t tthheeah rtab se eanm arkiemdp roveimnqe unatl ity
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by meyd iattoC riy tL ighEtlsa,i ne KatIzw eounlbadel rlsgoiet kroet. h ank
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itasss stniacien p repatrhiienn gd eLxeh.a K elplryo dveitdh peh otoofm e
useidnt hbeca ko ft hbeo ko.
Appericaotnii s tdout eho er igpiunballi osfsh eevresor fta hlee s sfoarys
thegiern esrp oerumisosnit or erpi.n" tLitaetruarned thei zCoaontol ifo n
AmeriIcnaidnas n"w asfi rsptu bleidis nJho urnoafE lht ncSi tdui."e Laswrnece
ofS outhD akotaan"d" HiH o,H illermabnoh"t paepraeidn itiinaZ l ly
Magazi"nnItee.r prtehtIein indagna "n" d TheN ewR acsim"f ircsmateo ut
inW icazSoaR evi"eFawn.t aosfit ehMsea stRearec "fi rsatpp eraeidn B ook
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Revi"eBwyeo.n dE htniyc"im tadiet dse buitnN ew hSoaclra nd" Itnh e
SreivceE mopfi" rf eircsmateo uitn G reaPtl aQiunrast erly.
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CONTENTS
Introduction lX
UnraveltihneCg o deosf O ppression
AmericIannd iainnsL iteraatnudrF ei lm
Literaatnudrt eh eC olonizaotfiA omne ricIannd ians 1
ItD idH appeHne re 19
SandC reekS,c holarasnhdit ph eA mericaCnh aracter
CarlCoass taneda 27
TheG reatHeosatx S incPei ltdoMwann
Hi-HoH illerm.a.n.( Away) 67
TheR oleo fD etectFiivcet iionIn n diaCno untry
A Little MoaftG teenro cide 99
Colonialainsdtm h eE xpropriaotfIi nodni genSopuisr itTuraadli tion
inC ontemporAacrayd emia
TheN ew Racism 121
A CritiqoufJe a meAs. C liftoTnh'eIs n venItneddi an
BeyonEdt hnicity? 137
WerneSro lloDrese'p eAsvta taorfR acism
Int heS erviocfEe m pire 149
A CritiAcsasle ssmoefnA tr nolKdr upatTh'es T urtno t hNea tive
"InterpretthieAn mge"r icIannd ian? 161
A CritiqoufMe i chaeCla strAop'osl ogfoira P oetRiacc ism
Fantasoifte hse M asteRra ce 167
TheS tereotyopfiA nmge ricIannd iainnsF ilm
AndT heyD idi tL ikDeo gsi nt heD irt 225
An IndigeAnniaslty osfiB sl acRko be
LawrenocfeS outDha kota 239
Index 243
INTROUDCTION
UnratvheCelo idoneOfgsp pression
AmerIincdaiinLna i ntse arnaFdti ulrme
It bheaessn a idI d tahrtaeost p etarku ttoph o weMra.y be so,n ebvuetr that's
beemny o jbceitvMey.j bo,a sIs eei tsio st p,e tahkte r uttoth h ger emaats s
ofp eoplweih touptol iictloa re coniocpm owe.r... t Ia kteha isms y t aosku t
ofa f imr covnicttihoakntn owleodftg hete ur tihs i tlsfee mpowienrg.
Itfo llotwhsa t myi srg eoaatllolc y h ange cpuowrerrree nlotan tisin a
consitvrmeua cntner.
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reivsaended xp nadeCdiy tL ighetidost ni moyfF antefat shiMeea ssR taecre .
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awaforrdw ritoinnt ght eo pihcu moarfni gihnt sUt nhiet Setdea sst,o lodu t
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aciitvsatac/d emciicclr ehsa,bs e new iderleeyfr ceenbdy o htearn alaynsdt s
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publilsehtdeo ir tw si tdhrawaml cifrrociuolinan mt i-d1996A.l tlo ltdh,e
rceodra ccrbuyFe adn thaastsih eubsse eqnu irteem abrlkgeai,v en ittheed lim
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doeuspo ne xplortihnwega yisnw hiclhir taetaunridet csleu llositdce hpild,
thcei nehmaav,be e en empilnco oybmenidao tniw itshu popsleydn onfic
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unaislsaalbelgeta iltt lose o mheitnmgo ert hatne tni mtehste e rryin toowr
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ash aesv ebre enr efpcetiesd emt ohratnh aev reagJeo cena b ee xpectetdo
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thtea osfki nvenatw ihnogvl eer nabcheuilnawdrhc iht om astkh tere un ature
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