I Am An American: Is America Racist?

I Am An American! draws upon the author’s mixed ethnicity to engage a critical question for our times: Is America Racist?It’s a re-telling of the documented personal stories of family individuals from each element of her ethnic mix: White English/Scot/American Aristocracy/English Quaker, White Scot Prisoner of War, West African Black and Indigenous American. Relying on historical documents for each story as validation, it explains things many people don’t know about America, such as:

What are the roots of racism in America? Is race a scientific fact? What is unique about America? Why did the Founding Fathers write the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution as they did? How did America almost become a Stuart Monarchy, and why? How did a bunch of ethnically mixed colonists of diverse backgrounds and little military training manage to defeat the most powerful armed force of that time-the British army?

I Am An American! will help readers (especially those of high school and college age) gain reliable, factual information on the important current question of: Is America Racist?