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Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi
8 reviews
meant2breading's review
4.0
Graphic: Murder, Sexual violence, Slavery, Colonisation, Racial slurs, Racism, and Classism
crybabybea's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Murder, Colonisation, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Slavery, Addiction, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Torture, and War
asainspace's review
4.5
Graphic: Racism, Death, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Slavery, Suicide, and Rape
Moderate: Trafficking and Genocide
Minor: Islamophobia and War
megmu18's review
4.5
Graphic: Racial slurs, Violence, and Racism
Moderate: Sexual violence and Murder
bgirl1214's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Racism and Slavery
Moderate: Racial slurs, Hate crime, and Gaslighting
Minor: Violence, Sexual violence, and Gun violence
rupl's review against another edition
5.0
I learned new parts of history and re-learned many others, all the while learning not to characterize individuals, but each of their actions. The book compiles countless examples of segregation, assimilation, and finally antiracism, from fleeting moments to entire legacies of individuals. By methodically reading from start to finish, and looking at example after example of each ideology I formed a better, more accurate view of history as it relates to power, racist policy erected to protect the powerful, and the racist ideas that get created in order to defend racist policies.
Graphic: Hate crime, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, and Gun violence
Moderate: Antisemitism, Colonisation, Homophobia, Murder, and Violence
Minor: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
mezzano's review
5.0
The humble nature of Kendi's work, where the author himself recognizes that everyone has an incomplete understanding of history and can improve on themselves to become more anti-racist, is very refreshing. It reminds readers that this is important, consistent, and constant work. Antiracism doesn't end with saying people are equal, just as it doesn't end with education (or reading a book). Even so, I was really pleased with how comprehensive this historical analysis really was. After reading, I felt like I walked away with a missing volume of history. As we continue to become more inclusive and accepting as a nation, I hope that this book replaces others in educational curricula. This is a book everyone should be exposed to at least once.
Moderate: Racism, Xenophobia, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, and Violence
sherbertwells's review
4.0
“Time and again, racist ideas have not been cooked up from the boiling pot of ignorance and hate. Time and again, powerful and brilliant men and women have produced racist ideas in order to justify the racist policies of their era, in order to redirect the blame for their era’s racial disparities away from those policies and onto Black people.”
“Frankly speaking, for generations of Americans, racist ideas have been their common sense. The simple logic of racist ideas has manipulated millions over the years, muffling the more complex antiracist reality again and again” (4)
“No power lasts forever. There will come a time when Americans will realize that the only thing wrong with Black people is that they think something is wrong with Black people. There will come a time wehn racist ideas will no longer obstruct us from seeing the complete and utter abnormality of racial disparities. 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. There will come a time. Maybe, just maybe, that time is now” (511)
Graphic: Racism and Slavery
Moderate: Sexism, Medical trauma, Medical content, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Minor: Genocide and Homophobia