Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning

by Jason Reynolds

Other authorsIbram X. Kendi (Author)
Hardcover, 2020

Status

Available

Publication

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (2020), Edition: 1, 320 pages

Library's review

"Award-winning author Reynolds (Look Both Ways, 2019, etc.) presents a young readers’ version of American University professor Kendi’s (How To Be an Antiracist, 2019, etc.) Stamped From the Beginning (2016).

This volume, which is “not a history book,” chronicles racist ideology, specifically
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anti-Blackness in the U.S., from its genesis to its pernicious manifestations in the present day. In an open, conversational tone, Reynolds makes it clear that anti-Black racist ideology in the U.S. has consistently relied on the erronious belief that African people (and Black people in general) are “dumb” and “savage,” ideas perpetuated through the written word, other media, and pseudo-science. Using separationist, assimilationist, and anti-racist historical figures, a direct line is drawn throughout U.S history from chattel slavery through the Civil War, Jim Crow, the civil rights era, the war on drugs, and #BlackLivesMatter, with plenty of little-known, compelling, and disturbing details inserted. Readers who want to truly understand how deeply embedded racism is in the very fabric of the U.S., its history, and its systems will come away educated and enlightened. It’s a monumental feat to chronicle in so few pages the history of not only anti-Black racism in the U.S., but also assimilationist and anti-racist thought as well. In the process it succeeds at connecting “history directly...to our lives as we live them right this minute.” Worthy of inclusion in every home and in curricula and libraries everywhere.

Impressive and much needed. (further reading, source notes, index) (Nonfiction. 12-adult)" A Kirkus Starred Review, www.kirkusreviews.com
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Awards

Kirkus Prize (Finalist — Young Readers' Literature — 2020)
Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee — Intermediate — 2022)
Georgia Children's Book Award (Finalist — Grades 6-8 — 2022)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades 9-12 — 2023)
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — Young Adult — 2022)
Iowa Teen Award (Nominee — 2022)
Green Mountain Book Award (Nominee — 2022)
Thumbs Up! Award (Top Ten — 2021)
Blue Hen Book Award (Nominee — 2022)
South Dakota Teen Choice Book Awards (Almost Made It — 2022)
Grand Canyon Reader Award (Recommended — 2023)
Arkansas Teen Book Award (Nominee — 2022)
Florida Teens Read Award (Nominee — 2022)
Kids' Book Choice Awards (Finalist — 2021)
Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Nominee — Grades 6-9 — 2022)
Flicker Tale Award (Nominee — Older Readers — 2021)
Odyssey Award (Honor — 2021)
Volunteer State Book Award (Nominee — Middle School — 2022)
Isinglass Teen Read Award (Nominee — 2022)
Rhode Island Teen Book Award (Nominee — 2022)
CYBILS Awards (Winner — 2020)
Maine Student Book Award (Reading List — 2022)
Yellowhammer Book Awards (Honor Book — 2021)
James Cook Teen Book Award (Honor Book — 2021)
Read Aloud Indiana Book Award (High School — 2021)
Project LIT Book Selection (Young Adult — 2021)

Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

2020

ISBN

0316453692 / 9780316453691

Barcode

1150
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