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A review by readingwitherin
African Founders: How Enslaved People Expanded American Ideals by David Hackett Fischer
Did not finish book. Stopped at 48%.
I made it 48% into this book before calling it quits.
This book while appearing to be about African Founders, is really just about the Africans who were enslaved and ended up making something out of a terrible situation. It doesn't focus on them actually being founders except for two different people who had gained their freedom and made a good life for themselves. But these people still had no actual founding of the country's abilities due to the color of their skin. Did they help out? Yes of course, but the title of this book is misleading in my opinion. Their stories are also told through a white lens once again, taking away some of the power that they would have had.
I had such high hopes for this book when I first saw it, but the more I read, the more I realized that it was just another take on trying to whitewash history.
I do not plan on finishing this book, as I feel like my time will be better spent reading books by black historians telling history as it really is without whitewashing it.
This book while appearing to be about African Founders, is really just about the Africans who were enslaved and ended up making something out of a terrible situation. It doesn't focus on them actually being founders except for two different people who had gained their freedom and made a good life for themselves. But these people still had no actual founding of the country's abilities due to the color of their skin. Did they help out? Yes of course, but the title of this book is misleading in my opinion. Their stories are also told through a white lens once again, taking away some of the power that they would have had.
I had such high hopes for this book when I first saw it, but the more I read, the more I realized that it was just another take on trying to whitewash history.
I do not plan on finishing this book, as I feel like my time will be better spent reading books by black historians telling history as it really is without whitewashing it.