In her work, Eve L. Ewing critically examines the structural inequities in the American educational system, particularly focusing on the lasting impacts of America's historical injustices such as slavery and the cultural genocide of Native Americans. Her latest book, "Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism," combines scholarly rigor with an accessible tone, using her 20 years of educational experience to argue that the educational system enforces racial hierarchies. It seeks to find ethical pathways for learning, drawing from shared histories of Black and Indigenous peoples.
Ewing views her work as a forward march while reflecting on past injustices, particularly the entwined legacies of slavery and Native American cultural genocide.
In her latest book, Ewing argues that the American educational system has always enforced racial hierarchies, impacting Black and Indigenous communities significantly.
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