Papered over, verb, papering over, papers over; Transitive verb: to gloss over, explain away, or patch up (differences, disparities, etc.): hide, conceal - A core element in the colonization of North America is the unflinching capitalistic collaboration of business and government to enslave people and appropriate millions of acres from Native Americans. Land sales and enslaved workers formed the basis of US capital accumulation, power, and the building of the national treasury. The US Federal Government facilitated the theft of Indigenous lands and labor/trade of enslaved people to benefit white communities, businesses, and individuals through genocide, enslavement, treaties, laws, regulations, and executive orders. - Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne. An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States. Beacon Press: Boston, MA, 2015, p. 208. New York Times. (2019, August 14). How Slavery Led to Modern Capitalism. Retrieved August 19, 2020, from https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/slavery-capitalism.html. Accessed 7 Jan. 2023.