Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
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| Rating | : | 4.29 (566 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1568585985 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 608 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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Both worthwhile and extraordinary. It's not pretty, but the truth often isn't."Forbes Online"Self-proclaimed as a definitive history of racist ideas in the US, this exhaustive, encyclopedic opus lives up to that claim. Stamped from the Beginning has done the cause of anti-racism a great service."Russell Rickford, Associate Professor, Cornell University, and author of We Are an African People: Independent Education, Black Power, and the Radical Imagination "Ibram Kendi is an important new voice in African American intellectual and social history. This book will forever change the way we think about race."Tour?, MSNBC contributor and author of Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness"Both a penetrating treatise and a wonderfully accessible work of intellectual history, Stamped from the Beginn
Stamped from the Beginning uses the life stories of five major American intellectuals to offer a window into the contentious debates between assimilationists and segregationists and between racists and antiracists. From Puritan minister Cotton Mather to Thomas Jefferson, from fiery abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison to brilliant scholar W.E.B. And as award-winning historian Ibram X. And while racist ideas are easily produced and easily consumed, they can also be discredited. In shedding much-needed light on the murky history of racist ideas, Stamped from the Beginning offers us the tools we need to expose them--and in the process, gives us reason to hope.. Kendi argues in Stamped from the Beginning, if we have any hope of grappling with this stark reality, we must first understand how racist ideas were developed, disseminated, and enshrined in American society.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. Instead, they were devised and honed by some of the most brilliant minds of each era. In fact, racist thought is alive and well in America--more sophisticated and more insidious than ever. These intellectuals used their brilliance to justify and rationalize deeply entrenched discriminatory policies and the nation's racial disparities in everything from wealth to health. Du Bois to lege
Read-A-Lot said Stamped, from the beginning and Forever. The author posits that there are really Stamped, from the beginning and Forever The author posits that there are really 3 sides to the debate of racial disparities existing and persisting. The three sides are segregationists, assimilationists and antiracists. His definition of racism,i.e., the adoption of racist ideas is a simple one, and as such you will see some famous people that will surprise you to be labeled as racist at points in their career. W.E.B. DuBois is certainly a name most readers would never associate with being a "racist" during his long illustrious career.One thing that is most . sides to the debate of racial disparities existing and persisting. The three sides are segregationists, assimilationists and antiracists. His definition of racism,i.e., the adoption of racist ideas is a simple one, and as such you will see some famous people that will surprise you to be labeled as racist at points in their career. W.E.B. DuBois is certainly a name most readers would never associate with being a "racist" during his long illustrious career.One thing that is most . A Landmark Work Stamped from the Beginning is a landmark work that serves the vital purpose of exposing the depth and extent of racist ideas throughout the course of America’s existence. The heart-wrenching fashion in which Kendi captures history produced in me a range of emotions: ashamed of the past, angry at the present, and most importantly empowered with the ability to make a difference in the future. Kendi’s book speaks to America’s conscience in calling upon us to eradicate the racist ideas fueling disparity a. A. J. White said Ending Racism is The Goal. This book is an excellent read of racists thinking and practices and policies which have oppressed African Americans since the beginning of America. Reading it puts the real truth of what is wrong with Ameica in persepective - white supremacy is the real evil - not African Americans whomust daily navigate thru the systemic and historical legacy of its horrific effects. To end racism, antiracists must take hold of the levers of power to destroy the systems in place that serve to continue to oppress! Are they courage eno
He is the author of Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (Nation, 2016), which won the 2016 National Book Award for Nonfiction. Kendi lives in Washington, DC. Kendi is a New York Times best-selling author and award-winning historian at the University of Florida. Kendi has received research fellowships, grants, and visiting appointments from a