New book attempts to untangle the deep roots of sexism and racism in America

Mariel Padilla

General Assignment Reporter

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When Roe v. Wade was overturned in the summer of 2022, Anna Malaika Tubbs was in the middle of writing her second book about how fabricated hierarchies of race and gender have become deeply ingrained – and unnoticed – in the United States. When federal protections for abortion access were lost, Tubbs said people were so shocked, asking “How did this happen?” and “Why did this happen?”

“It just really felt like I had to get this book out there,” Tubbs said. “It’s a book on understanding the system of American patriarchy, how that came from the minds of the founding fathers, how they systemized their vision and how we still see traces of it.”

Tubbs, who holds a doctorate in sociology and mas