Designs of Omission: America's Original Sin - Historical Analysis Book on Systemic Racism & Social Justice | Perfect for Students, Educators & Social Activists

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Designs of Omission : America's Original Sin is an introduction to the systematic omissions and erasures of truth in our U.S. History books. The Constitution of the United States is America’s Original Sin, having excluded Blacks, Native Americans, and women from citizenship.Intended for taxation and representation purposes only, the three-fifths valuation of enslaved Blacks instead inculcated into the psyches of white people proof of white superiority and Black inferiority. Transferred from generation to generation, the exponential damage of this racism is irreparable.Designs of Omission provides a historical backdrop to racism, immigration, multiculturalism, exclusions and offers solutions for systemic change and inclusion in America. Hopefully, the facts will spark a recognition of the exclusion and racism inherent in our institutional and systemic designs and become a catalyst for discussion, activism, and change.REVIEW QUOTES"Having known Byron Kunisawa for nearly 40 years, he has never ceased to amaze me. During my tenure with the U.S. Department of Justice, we contracted Byron to conduct many workshops and training seminars on cross-cultural conflict resolution. His insights and strategies helped prevent and resolve often violent ethnic conflict. The accumulation of principles he developed in those most effective trainings has found a home in Designs of Omission. Byron's recent publication is an essential tool to understanding this nation's basic flaws of racism and sexism and to develop mechanisms to deter and hopefully eradicate these evils. Designs of Omission is so vital in making this a country where there is truly liberty and justice for all."- Gilbert R. Hirabayashi, Community Relations Service, U.S. Department of Justice (Ret)"This is a must-read book that looks at our U.S. history like never before and opens our eyes to how Designs of Omission brought us to where we are today. It will educate and get you thinking about where we go from here.- Rachel Dondero, Human Capital Manager, Department of the Navy (Ret) "Designs of Omission : America's Original Sin should be proclaimed a national treasure. It should be included as part of a canon of literary and scholarly works around which a mandatory orientation process for every elected and appointed office of public power ought to be developed. Kunisawa has produced a readable journey through twenty-six generations of American history that every reader can digest. He lets the truth speak for itself, which has its own power to transform minds and hearts.Kunisawa establishes in Designs of Omission a foundation of new knowledge for generations today that can build a common ground of understanding across racial divides which can lead to productive dialogue and perhaps collective collaboration to resume the work of the White and Black "Radicals" following the Civil War and the nonviolent "Revolutionaries" of the 1960s, whose dreams of a "beloved community" can only be achieved when generations of Americans of all races agree on a common vision of equitable access and outcomes for a 21st century multicultural America.This book offers its readers a paradigm-shifting lens of historical context that envisions an Inclusive America for future generations, which can only be realized if generations alive today will accept one undeniable truth:For an Inclusive America to live, White supremacy must die. Designs of Omission inspires us to accept that truth and work toward achieving the dream of an inclusive society."- Mike Green, Cultural Economist, Co-founder, Common Ground Conversations on Race in America, Chief Strategist, National Institute for Inclusive Competitiveness, Consultant, Speaker, Author