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How to Be an Antiracist
- Narrated by: Ibram X. Kendi
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
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**THE GLOBAL MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER**
NOT BEING RACIST IS NOT ENOUGH. WE HAVE TO BE ANTIRACIST.
In this rousing and deeply empathetic book, Ibram X. Kendi, one of the world's most influential scholars of racism, shows that neutrality is not an option: until we become part of the solution, we can only be part of the problem.
Using his extraordinary gifts as a teacher and story-teller, Kendi helps us recognise that everyone is, at times, complicit in racism whether they realise it or not, and by describing with moving humility his own journey from racism to antiracism, he shows us how instead to be a force for good. Along the way, Kendi punctures all the myths and taboos that so often cloud our understanding, from arguments about what race is and whether racial differences exist to the complications that arise when race intersects with ethnicity, class, gender and sexuality.
In the process he demolishes the myth of the post-racial society and builds from the ground up a vital new understanding of racism - what it is, where it is hidden, how to identify it and what to do about it.
Critic Reviews
"So vital." (Ijeoma Oluo, author of So You Want to Talk About Race)
"The most courageous book to date on the problem of race." (New York Times)
"It feels like a light switch being flicked on." (Owen Jones)
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- 28-07-2020
Magnificent
This book describe in death so many definition of different aspect of racism, with real life example, which can touch your soul and change you for life.
Must read.
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- Anonymous User
- 23-08-2020
love love love
very beautiful very important very well written. it was such a good read and I am very thankful for it
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- Anonymous User
- 31-01-2021
An essential experience for any beneficiary of white privilege to learn from.
This book has the potential to course correct your life as it has my own through its brilliant and heavy content that for me was an extraordinary wake up call as to my own racism that needs to change as it is essential reading at this time in history where so much is at stake for the human race by working together to create a safer planet for future generations. Highly recommended. Excellent. 👍🏼👍🏼
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- Amazon Customer
- 18-01-2021
What society needs
Loved this book as it provides an amazing insight into all angles of racism and what it takes to be an antiracist. Thank you.
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- Ezbot
- 27-06-2021
A must read!
Dr. Kendi's voice is the one we need, to begin rectifying the injustices of racism and to ensure no one else is subjected to the same treatment. This book challenged many of my perceptions and has given me a new outlook on what it means to fight against racism.
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- Luva Bargain
- 02-11-2021
This is not the book the detractors claim it is
Almost everything the detractors of this book claim that Kendi is saying is a misrepresentation of what he actually says.
You will hear that Kendi is encouraging people of colour to see themselves as helpless victims. On the contrary he spends most of chapter 11 criticising that view and saying that they can and should take action. He spends the later part of the book describing actions that can be taken.
You will hear that Kendi is saying that white people are inherently racist. Actually he says the opposite a number of times, in fact towards the end he says that no-one is inherently racist.
You will hear that Kendi is saying that white people are evil. Again Kendi strongly criticises the view that white people are evil.
So forget everything you have heard about this book from its detractors and read it yourself. You may or may not agree with all he says but it is well written and clear.
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- Amy Tann
- 30-07-2022
Powerful
I learnt so much from this book! A must read for those concerned with inequality in all its forms .
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- Megan Evans
- 06-01-2023
Revealing and powerful
Listening to this as a committed anti racist I learnt so much. Brilliantly articulated. Thank you
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- Rachael Andrews
- 28-01-2024
Racism is built on self interest not hate!
Before reading this book, i really was very ignorant toward my own racist ideas.
I encourage everyone to read this book, because it delves deep where others have skimmed the surface. The preface turned me off a little, but I pushed on, and I am very glad I did!
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- Anonymous User
- 22-06-2020
Essential education
Brilliant book, an impressive feat of knowledge presented in a concise and easy to digest format.
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