Stimulating ... To his credit, Jones centers both African American and American Indian oppression, avoiding "the myopic Black/white binary" that silos much contemporary scholarship ... Full of urgency and insight, his book is a compelling and necessary undertaking.
A first-rate chronicle of horror ... On the page, Jones lays out his pathway to a "shared future". He advocates "reparations" for the descendants of enslaved Black people and argues for "restitution" to Native Americans ... Jones can be swept away by his convictions.
Illuminating and erudite ... Arresting and deeply researched, this unique account brings to the fore the deep-rooted sense of "divine entitlement, of European chosenness" that has shaped so much of American history. It’s a rigorous and forceful feat of scholarship.
