Books by Peggy Pascoe
“I’m a huge fan of this book because it shows how deliberately the system of white supremacy was built. What Pascoe does in What Comes Naturally is to show how laws against interracial marriage were constructed in the late 19th and early 20th century as part of establishing the Jim Crow order in the south, and then the system of white supremacy that we’re familiar with today. She does this with beautiful writing.” Read more...
The best books on White Supremacy
Kathleen Belew, Historian
Interviews where books by Peggy Pascoe were recommended
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What Comes Naturally: Miscegenation Law and the Making of Race in America
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Whiteness of a Different Color: European Immigrants and the Alchemy of Race
by Matthew Frye Jacobson -
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Eugenic Nation: Faults and Frontiers of Better Breeding in Modern America
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From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: The Making of Mass Incarceration in America
by Elizabeth Hinton -
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The Injustice Never Leaves You: Anti-Mexican Violence in Texas
by Monica Muñoz Martinez
The best books on White Supremacy, recommended by Kathleen Belew
The best books on White Supremacy, recommended by Kathleen Belew
Defined by University of Chicago historian Kathleen Belew, white supremacy is a “broad system of laws, norms and customs that create a society with unequal opportunities for people based on race”. It persists to this day, and has surprising intersections with issues of labor and women’s reproduction. Here, she recommends books for coming to grips with the history of this complex topic.
