Abstract
Poulson’s book comes at a critical time, where countervailing forces have emerged regarding race, history, legacy, and reparations. While the text was born from the blackface scandal faced by Virginia Governor Ralph Northam, its relevance touches on recent debates around critical race theory, book banning, the whitewashing of history, and more. While the murder of George Floyd and the surge of Black Lives Matter protests in 2020 sparked a brief period of historical reckoning nationally, there has been a backlash in the years that followed. Books are being pulled from shelves, teachers are under attack, and states are passing laws to ban the teaching of controversial topics. Poulson’s work reminds us of the value of facing the ugly truth of past racial oppression, highlighting the ubiquity of racialized imagery and the stunning ways that higher education institutions maintain and reinforce racialized hierarchies. His methodological approach allows the reader to be...
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