#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.
