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The Myth of American Exceptionalism: From the Beginning

Stephen Joseph Scott September 20, 2021 Stephen Joseph Scott

Within U.S. social movements, American Exceptionalism increasingly has been used to explain the ideology that guides U.S. interventions around the world and against domestic colonized populations, such as African and Indigenous peoples. This essay seeks to examine the roots of this ideological framework.

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