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Angela Davis is an activist, scholar and writer who advocates for the oppressed.

From the very beginning, the myth of ‘American Exceptionalism’ has been rooted in the belief that America is a socially, culturally and politically, superior nation. American Exceptionalism is a palimpsestic ideology:  it has been constructed, altered, redefined and reinterpreted countless times throughout the nation’s history. Yet, despite the malleability of the exceptionalist myth, the simple belief, that the United States is both an exceptional and superior nation, has remained a fixed feature of both American civil and political life since the 17th century.  Exceptionalism has carved out the nation’s role as a unilateral actor on the international stage, a role which has allowed the United States to act ‘without either the approval of the United Nations or a broad based international coalition’. Today, the myth has grown so powerful, that ‘American Exceptionalism’ is no longer considered to be a fabricated or constructed ideology, but instead, is regarded as an irrefutable truth.