He begins the chapter by referencing a work called Modern Chivalry by Hugh Henry Brackenridge, in which an Irish servant who accidentally becomes a war hero over a group of Indians and becomes a representative for the white settlers, in order to convey the exclusionary ways of American political culture in terms of self-government, and also the relative inclusion of those Euro-Americans who described ability to self-govern and helped combat described barbarous people of color into the white race. He then describes the shortcomings of economics and capitalism in describing race relations, as he highlights the idea that race has played an integral part in determining who can own property and who can self-govern. This chapter also touches upon slavery and describes how the Revolutionary War ultimately seeded the abolitionist movement. Though there existed pushback against the idea that white people were the superior group of people in the world, this anti-egalitarian view was still promoted repeatedly through legislation. Ultimately, the idea of a free black man was written off as a contradictory term. Overall, this somewhat indiscriminate whiteness became interconnected with ideas of citizenship and
He begins the chapter by referencing a work called Modern Chivalry by Hugh Henry Brackenridge, in which an Irish servant who accidentally becomes a war hero over a group of Indians and becomes a representative for the white settlers, in order to convey the exclusionary ways of American political culture in terms of self-government, and also the relative inclusion of those Euro-Americans who described ability to self-govern and helped combat described barbarous people of color into the white race. He then describes the shortcomings of economics and capitalism in describing race relations, as he highlights the idea that race has played an integral part in determining who can own property and who can self-govern. This chapter also touches upon slavery and describes how the Revolutionary War ultimately seeded the abolitionist movement. Though there existed pushback against the idea that white people were the superior group of people in the world, this anti-egalitarian view was still promoted repeatedly through legislation. Ultimately, the idea of a free black man was written off as a contradictory term. Overall, this somewhat indiscriminate whiteness became interconnected with ideas of citizenship and