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challenging
informative
slow-paced
This book taught me a ton and I really enjoyed it as well.
Kendi does an excellent job interweaving historical examples, personal examples, and well-explained definitions into each chapter to teach about the many intersectionalities of racism and other -ims.
My only complaint is that I felt the chapters on gender and sexuality were severely lacking compared to the rest of the book, and it was very noticeable that these were not up to par.
I felt this book taught a lot and I look forward to reading more of Kendi's work.
Kendi does an excellent job interweaving historical examples, personal examples, and well-explained definitions into each chapter to teach about the many intersectionalities of racism and other -ims.
My only complaint is that I felt the chapters on gender and sexuality were severely lacking compared to the rest of the book, and it was very noticeable that these were not up to par.
I felt this book taught a lot and I look forward to reading more of Kendi's work.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Transphobia, Police brutality
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
"Americans have long been trained to see the deficiencies of people rather than policy. It's a pretty easy mistake to make: People are in our faces. Policies are distant. We are particularly poor at seeing the policies lurking behind the struggles of people.”
Ibram Kendi takes a good hard look at racism in this book. He discussed how racism tries to turn the word "racist" into an epethet so racist people can be mad about being called racist, and speaks at length about fighting racist policies that create racial inequity. He also spends quite a lot of time examining his own racism (and other things like homophobia) in his past endeavors to fight racism and how he's learned from that. I recommend this read, but it may be hard for anyone who's lives have been touched by cancer (discussed in the ending).
Ibram Kendi takes a good hard look at racism in this book. He discussed how racism tries to turn the word "racist" into an epethet so racist people can be mad about being called racist, and speaks at length about fighting racist policies that create racial inequity. He also spends quite a lot of time examining his own racism (and other things like homophobia) in his past endeavors to fight racism and how he's learned from that. I recommend this read, but it may be hard for anyone who's lives have been touched by cancer (discussed in the ending).
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Racism
Moderate: Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexism
Minor: Biphobia, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Police brutality
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cancer, Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Transphobia, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry
Minor: Drug use
challenging
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Each chapter tackles a different type of racist power and policy - it's blended memoir and US history that challenges and overturns so many common and misguided tropes we carry about race. It's mostly about the history of Blacks in America, but the beginning chapters outlining his ideas about racism vs. active anti-racism (i.e., there is no such thing as passive "not racist") is universally applicable and necessary reading.
I listened to the audio version narrated by the author. His narration is well done - stylized and slow at about 11 hours. Listening at about 1.5 speed felt about the pace of other books.
I listened to the audio version narrated by the author. His narration is well done - stylized and slow at about 11 hours. Listening at about 1.5 speed felt about the pace of other books.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism
Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Sexism, Slavery
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cancer, Homophobia, Racism