What's as American as baseball and apple pie? Well, the spectacular shirt Ebony's sporting in this video, for one thing, but no, we're talking about white supremacy, which is irrevocably woven through our nation's history and, sadly, is very much alive and well today. Join us for this entertaining and illuminating crash course on white supremacy: how wealthy white people have used it as a tool to shore up their own power, how it's evolved (but never been eliminated) over time, and how it manifests today.

• Anita Sarkeesian