Ibram X. Kendi is a New York Times bestselling author, a professor of history and international relations, and the founding director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University. A frequent public speaker, Kendi specializes in the history of racism and antiracism. He is the author of Stamped from the Beginning, which won the 2016 National Book Award for Nonfiction, and the award-winning book The Black Campus Movement. Kendi has written numerous op-eds in periodicals like Black Perspectives, Salon, The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Chronicle of Higher Education, New York Daily News, HuffPost, and The Root.
“What do you do after you have written Stamped From the Beginning,
an award-winning history of racist ideas? . . . If you’re Ibram X.
Kendi, you craft another stunner of a book. . . . What emerges
from these insights is the most courageous book to date on the
problem of race in the Western mind, a confessional of
self-examination that may, in fact, be our best chance to free
ourselves from our national nightmare.”—The New York Times
“How to Be an Antiracist couldn’t come at a better time. . . .
Kendi has gifted us with a book that is not only an essential
instruction manual but also a memoir of the author’s own path from
anti-black racism to anti-white racism and, finally, to antiracism.
. . . How to Be an Antiracist gives us a clear and compelling way
to approach, as Kendi puts it in his introduction, ‘the basic
struggle we’re all in, the struggle to be fully human and to see
that others are fully human.’”—NPR
“Kendi dissects why in a society where so few people consider
themselves to be racist the divisions and inequalities of racism
remain so prevalent. How to Be an Antiracist punctures the myths of
a post-racial America, examining what racism really is—and what we
should do about it.”—Time
“Ibram Kendi is today’s visionary in the enduring struggle for
racial justice. In this personal and revelatory new work, he yet
again holds up a transformative lens, challenging both mainstream
and antiracist orthodoxy. He illuminates the foundations of racism
in revolutionary new ways, and I am consistently challenged and
inspired by his analysis. How to Be an Antiracist offers us a
necessary and critical way forward.”—Robin DiAngelo, New York Times
bestselling author of White Fragility
“Ibram Kendi’s work, through both his books and the Antiracist
Research and Policy Center, is vital in today’s sociopolitical
climate. As a society, we need to start treating antiracism as
action, not emotion—and Kendi is helping us do that.”—Ijeoma Oluo,
author of So You Want to Talk About Race
“Ibram Kendi uses his own life journey to show us why becoming an
antiracist is as essential as it is difficult. Equal parts memoir,
history, and social commentary, this book is honest, brave, and
most of all liberating.”—James Forman, Jr., Pulitzer Prize-winning
author of Locking Up Our Own
“A boldly articulated, historically informed explanation of what
exactly racist ideas and thinking are . . . [Kendi’s] prose is
thoughtful, sincere, and polished. This powerful book will spark
many conversations.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“A combination of memoir and extension of [Kendi’s] towering
Stamped from the Beginning . . . Never wavering . . . Kendi
methodically examines racism through numerous lenses: power,
biology, ethnicity, body, culture, and so forth. . . . This
unsparing honesty helps readers, both white and people of color,
navigate this difficult intellectual territory. . . .
Essential.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“In this sharp blend of social commentary and memoir . . . Kendi is
ready to spread his message, his stories serving as a springboard
for potent explorations of race, gender, colorism, and more. . . .
With Stamped From the Beginning, Kendi proved himself a first-rate
historian. Here, his willingness to turn the lens on himself marks
him as a courageous activist, leading the way to a more equitable
society.”—Library Journal (starred review)
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