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Multi-Cultural. Sociology. Geography. Young Adult Nonfiction. HTML: The #1 New York Times bestseller and a USAToday bestseller! A timely, crucial, and empowering exploration of racismâ??and antiracismâ??in America This is NOT a history book. This is a book about the here and now. A book to help us better understand why we are where we are. A book about race. The construct of race has always been used to gain and keep power, to create dynamics that separate and silence. This remarkable reimagining of Dr. Ibram X. Kendi's National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning reveals the history of racist ideas in America, and inspires hope for an antiracist future. It takes you on a race journey from then to now, shows you why we feel how we feel, and why the poison of racism lingers. It also proves that while racist ideas have always been easy to fabricate and distribute, they can also be discredited. Through a gripping, fast-paced, and energizing narrative written by beloved award-winner Jason Reynolds, this book shines a light on the many insidious forms of racist ideasâ??and on ways readers can identify and stamp out racist thoughts in their daily li… (more)
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Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X Kendi is definitely something people need to hear. I've read and taught various black literature over the
I wish I had the book in my hand to see the references. When you listen and hear something along the lines of "there's no evidence," I would like to see the research notes in the back supporting that. I don't doubt the information, but I try to teach students to ALWAYS find the evidence. If you agree with someone, be able to cite valid sources so that you are standing on solid ground. Obviously, anecdotal stories are evidence because the people experienced the racism, so I would have liked to have seen those references as well.
As a white person, I obviously can't see the book from the perspective of a black person. Hence, I chose an analytical approach. I've read several black authors. No, I am not an expert. I have read different opinions from different black authors and I just want my students to not discount other authors because this book disagrees with their opinion. I'd rather they read many black texts, talk to family members, and make their own opinion about black history, racism, and their own lives. I want them to find their own path by reading from varying black authors' opinions from history and their conclusions become their personal truths to live by.
“There will come a time when we will love humanity, when we will gain the courage to fight for an equitable society for our beloved humanity, knowing, intelligently, that when we fight for humanity, we are fighting for ourselves.”
“A racist idea is any idea that suggests something is wrong or right, superior or inferior, better or worse about a racial group. An antiracist idea is any idea that suggests that racial groups are equals.”
“Both the segregationists and the assimilationists think there is something wrong with Black people and that’s why Black people are on the lower and dying end of racial inequity. The assimilationists believe Black people as a group can be changed for the better, and the segregationists do not. The segregationists and the assimilationists are challenged by antiracists. The antiracists say there is nothing wrong or right about Black people and everything wrong with racism. The antiracists say racism is the problem in need of changing, not Black people. The antiracists try to transform racism. The assimilationists try to transform Black people. The segregationists try to get away from Black people.”
"This is NOT a history book.
This is a book about the here and now.
A book to help us better understand why we are where we
A book about race."
Reynolds doesn't shy away from letting readers know that this is a hard topic. He speaks directly to the reader, repeating things for emphasis and suggesting breaks when there are tense moments. The book reads as if your are being taught about the subject by someone that is there with you. This style plays a crucial role in making such complex and tense idea approachable.
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This book, I thought was well done. It was more of a history lesson from the authors viewpoint and I can dig that.
There is a lot to digest in this broad overview of 400 years of European and U.S. history - yeah, history, though it's certainly different from the history books I read as a kid and assumes a knowledge of the basics of U.S. history. Reynolds does a nice job of breaking things down without talking down to his audience, and listening to him read the audio version was an excellent way of reading this book for the first time. Once the text reached the time period where I was alive and aware of politics and policy, I thought the authors sometimes oversimplified some things, but I'm interested in reading the original and seeing if Dr. Kendi when into more detail. It's an engaging and provocative book sure to spark needed discussion.