![]() White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson ![]() By showing how deeply entrenched racist ideas have been - and still are - in America, and thus exposing clearly and discrediting these ideas, Kendi has created not only a great work of scholarship but a much-needed tool.įor younger readers, check out Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You - Kendi's adaptation of both Stamped and How to Be an Antiracist, co-written with Jason Reynolds. ![]() If you want to dive deeper with Kendi, there's his National Book Award-winning Stamped From the Beginning, which scrutinizes the history of anti-black racist thought in America from its very beginning to now. In praise for the book, author Ijeoma Oluo describes Kendi's work as "vital," adding, "As a society, we need to start treating antiracism as action, not emotion - and Kendi is helping us do that." Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Weaving in accounts from his own life, Kendi expounds the consequences of racism and white supremacy in our public and private spheres, exploring the ways racism manifests within and across demographics, and shows the reader what antiracism looks like and can achieve. The title says it all: Historian Ibram Kendi reorients the discussion of racism to focus on the act of fighting against it it's not enough to be a passive opponent. ![]()
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