Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
'Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America' by Ibram X. Kendi is a monumental and well-researched study on the history of racism in America. The book traces the evolution of racist ideas in America from the Puritans to the present day, focusing on key historical figures such as Cotton Mather, Thomas Jefferson, William Lloyd Garrison, W.E.B. DuBois, and Angela Davis. Kendi discusses the different ideologies of racism, from assimilationists to segregationists, and anti-racists, highlighting the complexities and intersections of race and racism throughout American history. The book is informative, eye-opening, and heart-breaking, providing a comprehensive understanding of the impact of racism on American society.
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Content warnings include discussions about racism, violence against marginalized groups, historical trauma, and systemic inequalities.
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The National Book Award winning history of how racist ideas were created, spread, and deeply rooted in American society.
Some Americans insist that we're living in a post-racial society. But racist thought is not just alive and well in America - it is more sophisticated and more insidious than ever. And as award-winning historian Ibram X. Kendi argues, racist ideas have a long and lingering history, one in which nearly every great American thinker is complicit.
In this deeply researched and fast-moving narrative, Kendi chronicles the entire story of anti-black racist ideas and their staggering power over the course of American history. He uses the life stories of five major American intellectuals to drive this history: Puritan minister Cotton Mather, Thomas Jefferson, abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, W.E.B. Du Bois, and legendary activist Angela Davis.
As Kendi shows, racist ideas did not arise from ignorance or hatred. They were created to justify and rationalize deeply entrenched discriminatory policies and the nation's racial inequities.
In shedding light on this history, Stamped from the Beginning offers us the tools we need to expose racist thinking. In the process, he gives us reason to hope.
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