Topic: Hutchins Center

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99: Devil in the Details
• 5:38 - 7:43

99: Devil in the Details

Harvard Study, White Supremacy in American Textbooks

A report from Harvard University's Hutchins Center for African and African American Research reveals a long history of white supremacy being taught in American public education. Special correspondent Joey Chen highlights how historical figures like Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt Whitman, and Noah Webster used language that dismissed people of African descent. The study suggests that despite claims of anti-whiteness in schools, textbooks have historically reinforced racial hierarchies.