How to Be an Antiracist

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Ibram X. Kendi: How to Be an Antiracist (2019, Penguin Random House)

240 pages

English language

Published Dec. 24, 2019 by Penguin Random House.

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978-1-84792-599-2
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Antiracism is a transformative concept that reorients and reenergizes the conversation about racism—and, even more fundamentally, points us toward liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves and each other. At its core, racism is a powerful system that creates false hierarchies of human value; its warped logic extends beyond race, from the way we regard people of different ethnicities or skin colors to the way we treat people of different sexes, gender identities, and body types. Racism intersects with class and culture and geography and even changes the way we see and value ourselves. In How to Be an Antiracist, Kendi takes readers through a widening circle of antiracist ideas—from the most basic concepts to visionary possibilities—that will help readers see all forms of racism clearly, understand their poisonous consequences, and work to oppose them in our systems and in ourselves.

Kendi weaves an electrifying combination of ethics, history, law, …

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Dr. Kendi takes us on two parallel journeys. His own, through his own life and struggles, and that of our society which both end up in a place where antiracism and the policies that support it are in the forefront of his discourse. I loved this text. Like so many great texts it pulls together thoughts I already had and makes clearer the motivations behind them. We all are on a journey and I'm so happy I was able to get a peek into these.

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