NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The book that every parent, caregiver,
and teacher needs to raise the next generation of antiracist thinkers,
from the author of How to Be an Antiracist and recipient of the
MacArthur "Genius" Grant.
"Kendi's latest . . . combines his personal experience as a parent
with his scholarly expertise in showing how racism affects every step of
a child's life. . . . Like all his books, this one is accessible to
everyone regardless of race or class."--Los Angeles Times (Book Club
Pick)
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: PopSugar
The tragedies and reckonings around racism that are rocking the country
have created a specific crisis for parents, educators, and other
caregivers: How do we talk to our children about racism? How do we teach
children to be antiracist? How are kids at different ages experiencing
race? How are racist structures impacting children? How can we inspire
our children to avoid our mistakes, to be better, to make the world
better?
These are the questions Ibram X. Kendi found himself avoiding as he
anticipated the birth of his first child. Like most parents or
parents-to-be, he felt the reflex to not talk to his child about racism,
which he feared would stain her innocence and steal away her joy. But
research and experience changed his mind, and he realized that raising
his child to be antiracist would actually protect his child, and
preserve her innocence and joy. He realized that teaching students about
the reality of racism and the myth of race provides a protective
education in our diverse and unequal world. He realized that building
antiracist societies safeguards all children from the harms of racism.
Following the accessible genre of his internationally bestselling How
to Be an Antiracist, Kendi combines a century of scientific research
with a vulnerable and compelling personal narrative of his own journey
as a parent and as a child in school. The chapters follow the stages of
child development from pregnancy to toddler to schoolkid to teenager. It
is never too early or late to start raising young people to be
antiracist.
