How to Raise an Antiracist

Kendi, Ibram X.

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How do we talk to our children about racism? How do we teach children to be antiracist? How are racist structures impacting children? 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 into the scientific literature, his experiences as a father and reflections on his own difficult experiences as a student ultimately changed his mind. In the accessible mode of ‘How To Be an Antiracist’, Kendi combines scientific research with a vulnerable and compelling personal narrative to argue that it is only by teaching our children about the reality of racism and the myth of race from the earliest age that we can actually protect them and preserve their innocence and joy.

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Publish Date: 07/07/2022

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**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**

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 into the scientific literature, his experiences as a father and reflections on his own difficult experiences as a student ultimately changed his mind.

In How to Raise an Antiracist he shows that we must all participate in the effort to raise young people as antiracists.

Praise for Ibram X. Kendi:

‘One of the pre-eminent intellectuals on race’ Owen Jones

‘One of the US’s most respected scholars of race and history’ Guardian

Praise for How to Be an Antiracist:

‘Transformative and revolutionary’ Robin DiAngelo, author of White Fragility

‘The most courageous book to date on the problem of race’ New York Times

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Weight 407 g
Dimensions 222 × 144 × 28 mm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

288

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

649.1 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K