How to Be an Antiracist

By Ibram X. Kendi

Book Overview

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the National Book Award-winning author of Stamped from the Beginning comes a "groundbreaking" (Time) approach to understanding and uprooting racism and inequality in our society--and in ourselves.

"The most courageous book to date on the problem of race in the Western mind."--The New York Times (Editors' Choice)

ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR--The New York Times Book Review, Time, NPR, The Washington Post, Shelf Awareness, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews

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, and science with his own personal story of awakening to antiracism. This is an essential work for anyone who wants to go beyond the awareness of racism to the next step: contributing to the formation of a just and equitable society.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525509283
• ISBN13: 9780525509288
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: One World
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Promotes racism

This book emphasizes racism. Even one of the reviews is racial turmoil. Today's America needs focus on wiping out racism not aggravating it. What is your goal here, Kendi?

Self-myth autobiography

Leans far too heavily on self- aggrandizing personal mythology. Social science dreck -- where are the peer-reviewed,double- blind studies? Almost all psychology is pseudoscience, and pop psychology derived from "my struggles" is bunk. Baldwin in 100 words is superior to one hundred pages of whatever this is.

The book was very neat

I have not read it because it was assigned as a course material but I think I will love it looking at the course readings

Condition was very wrong.

Condition was wrong. It is highlighted or written on every page. This isn’t even good condition on the inside

Another book certain people wouldn’t want you to read.

Just saw this author on a tv report after Vivek Ramaswamy called this author the “leader of the new KKK”… I will be purchasing this book on Friday. It will be a great read. I wish more people still actually READ books.

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