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This article focuses on the issues of citizenship and Black-White differences in the U.S. in relation to the book "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl," by Harriet Jacob. According to the author, the book challenges the masculinism that shaped much of the activist discussion of citizenship, including the tendency to respond to white supremacist narratives of the American political family with a story of patriotic/patriarchal sacrifice. Key to Jacob's critique of white power is the extent to which it references national law and symbols, contesting the political imaginary of the Dred Scott v. Sanford ruling. Further, it has been pointed out that government institutions must eradicate the effects of racism in all arenas of American life. |
