How to Be an Antiracist (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780525509288)

#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.

Author: Ibram X. Kendi
ISBN-10: 0525509283
ISBN-13: 9780525509288
Publisher: One World
Language: English
Published: 08/13/2019
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.80w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 03/01/2019 pg. 95
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2019 pg. 69
Publishers Weekly 06/03/2019
Library Journal 08/01/2021 pg. 82
Booklist 07/01/2019 pg. 9
Shelf Awareness 12/03/2019