The first episode of the web docuseries The History of White People in America was released shortly after Independence Day during a time that is bubbling over with civic unrest, demand for social change and the amplification of the endless injustices against the Black community. From the title alone, the series presents an American history that the majority of the country hasn’t been taught.
The series from PBS’ Independent Lens and World Channel brings to the history of race to the forefront. In particular, it spotlights how the idea of the white race helped shape the nation’s history while regulating other groups to the margins. As a result, being white became the standard. This subjugated “the othered” which result in wide-ranging ramifications on social class and life experience that exist to this day — which can easily be read in today’s headlines.
Out of the gate, with its...
The series from PBS’ Independent Lens and World Channel brings to the history of race to the forefront. In particular, it spotlights how the idea of the white race helped shape the nation’s history while regulating other groups to the margins. As a result, being white became the standard. This subjugated “the othered” which result in wide-ranging ramifications on social class and life experience that exist to this day — which can easily be read in today’s headlines.
Out of the gate, with its...
- 7/16/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
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