Book #172 of 2020: Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi This book by Jason Reynolds attempts to condense Ibram X. Kendi’s excellent Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America into a more streamlined version for younger readers. (Both men are credited as authors, but …
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Book Review: Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi
Book #139 of 2020: Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi Published in early 2016, this is a meticulously thorough presentation of American anti-black racism and notions of race more generally, from pre-revolutionary slavery through the extrajudicial killings that sparked the modern #BlackLivesMatter movement. The material …
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