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gossamer_lens 's review for:
How to Be an Antiracist
by Ibram X. Kendi
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
I'm not even sure how to approach reviewing this book. Ibram X. Kendi truly packed this book with wisdom, connections, experiences, and intent. Nothing was heavy-handed but everything was clear. Nothing felt like beginner BS, but real impactful points and thoughts on how to be anti-racist. This book beautifully contained points about intersectionality and how racism affects every area of life. This wasn't a book catered to helping white people dip their toes into the idea of racism existing. This was a profound book showing how we need to step past acknowledgment and move into action and being antiracist.
I have loved this term since I heard it and felt it really spoke to Martin Luther King's point: "“I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen’s Councilor or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to ‘order’ than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice,”
I thought I knew the importance of not being silent. Kendi has opened my eyes to just how little I knew about the matter. I am buying this book to re-read and think about this more profoundly. This book quite literally changed my world view on several matters/approaches I had to life. I wish every white person would read and thoroughly consider this book and its message. I am very glad I did.
If you enjoyed this book/review, you may be interested in checking out other books I recommend: https://www.gossamerlens.com/post/black-history-month-book-recommendations
I have loved this term since I heard it and felt it really spoke to Martin Luther King's point: "“I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen’s Councilor or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to ‘order’ than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice,”
I thought I knew the importance of not being silent. Kendi has opened my eyes to just how little I knew about the matter. I am buying this book to re-read and think about this more profoundly. This book quite literally changed my world view on several matters/approaches I had to life. I wish every white person would read and thoroughly consider this book and its message. I am very glad I did.
If you enjoyed this book/review, you may be interested in checking out other books I recommend: https://www.gossamerlens.com/post/black-history-month-book-recommendations