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.
Ibram X. Kendi's
concept of antiracism reenergizes and reshapes the conversation about
racial justice in America--but even more fundamentally, points us
toward liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves and each
other. Instead of working with the policies and system we have in
place, Kendi asks us to think about what an antiracist society might
look like, and how we can play an active role in building it.
In his memoir, Kendi
weaves together an electrifying combination of ethics, history, law,
and science--including the story of his own awakening to
antiracism--bringing it all together in a cogent, accessible form. He
begins by helping us rethink our most deeply held, if implicit,
beliefs and our most intimate personal relationships (including
beliefs about race and IQ and interracial social relations) and
reexamines the policies and larger social arrangements we support.
How to Be an Antiracist promises to become an essential book for
anyone who wants to go beyond an awareness of racism to the next step
of contributing to the formation of a truly just and equitable
society.
