What This History Reveals
The through-line across centuries is clear: U.S. racial order depends on keeping Blackness at the bottom and requiring every other group to orient themselves around that position.
Policies such as redlining, urban renewal, and highway construction destroyed Black wealth and displaced Black communities, continuing Jim Crow’s work under new language. The hierarchy adapts across eras even when the law no longer speaks openly about race.
Core Revelations
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Anti-Blackness is the organizing principle of American identity
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Whiteness retains power by protecting anti-Black hierarchy
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Immigrant and minority groups are positioned through anti-Blackness
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Members of DAEUS are also positioned through anti-Blackness
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Anti-Blackness is the glue of the hierarchy
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Institutions reproduce racial hierarchy automatically
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Individual beliefs cannot override structural incentives
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Solidarity is intentionally fractured
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The system is engineered—not accidental—and continually adapts
