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How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

13 reviews

jerbarger's review against another edition

4.75

challenging hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

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This book is well put together in the way Dr. Kendi is able to concisely explain history, how it applies to today, and also interweave his own story and  how he learned these things  (this  humanizes him too, and shows he’s made mistakes, which helps readers be more open to it themselves. Def not preachy even though it could have been!). I would say the only thing that could have improved is more actionable steps on how to be antiracist. I understand we need to work to dismantle racist power, but how do we actually do that? It’s not working so far, and it feels like things have only gotten worse since this book was published. I definitely learned a lot, don’t get me wrong, I just wish I learned how to be antiracist and not just think like one. But maybe that’s the first step??

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Racism, Violence

Moderate: Ableism, Hate crime, Terminal illness, Police brutality, Medical content, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Classism

Minor: Fatphobia, Genocide, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Deportation, Pandemic/Epidemic

ballher's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism

Moderate: Violence, Police brutality

Minor: Cancer, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Terminal illness, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Murder

amy_q13's review against another edition

5.0

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Racial slurs, Racism

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical content, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, Classism

Minor: Infertility, Murder, Pregnancy, Pandemic/Epidemic

jillaay_h's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Medical content, Colonisation

sunn_bleach's review against another edition

4.5

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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Hard to give it a review other than loving the style of point-counterpoint-countercounterpoint that informs one’s evolution and attachment to racist and antiracist ideas.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Religious bigotry

Minor: Transphobia, Medical content

tiernanhunter's review against another edition

5.0

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Medical content, Murder, Colonisation, Classism

jesselopod's review against another edition

4.25

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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I found this book really hard to read to start with, but switching to the audiobook made it much easier to consume. A really nuanced look at racism in its many facets. I was frustrated that all the definitions included racism and anti racism in both the description and their titles, which made me mark it down a touch. I was also frustrated at the slights at people’s weights which very occasionally happened, it seemed really at odds at the inclusion messaging. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery

Moderate: Racial slurs, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Medical content, Colonisation

Minor: Cancer

rickjones's review against another edition

4.0

hopeful informative reflective tense

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Colonisation, Classism

lucinotlucy's review against another edition

4.75

challenging hopeful informative medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Colonisation, Classism

rieviolet's review against another edition

5.0

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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I am really a beginner when it comes to reading about racism and other aspects of social justice, so this book was a very important read for me and helped me a lot to understand better, to learn more and to reflect, even when that meant difficult and painful reflections. 

Overall, I think the book was very accessible and easy to follow, although some of the ideas and themes included certainly need time to sink in and to be digested. 

I enjoyed the narrative choice of alternating  personal experiences and explanatory/reflective segments. It was really fascinating to follow the author's own journey and to see it reflected in the themes included in the chapter. 
I very much enjoyed the historical sections and I look forward to expanding my reading and my knowledge of these topics. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Medical content, Murder, Colonisation

Minor: Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Transphobia, War