A review by notinjersey
How to Be a (Young) Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi, Nic Stone

4.0

This book was basically a recap of How To Be An Antiracist, but summarized for younger readers. ⁣In what I thought was an interesting choice, the book is written as if Nic, the narrator, is telling Kendi his life story. He is addressed as “you” and at first I was confused – was he addressing himself? Was the “you” meant to be the audience? I wasn’t sure if this style helped the book to be more understandable for young readers. For me, a recap of How To Be an Antiracist wasn’t a bad thing!⁣ In this book, Kendi reflects on a speech he made while in high school and how that speech reinforced racist beliefs. At the end of the book, suggestions are made as to what he could have said differently to change his speech to acknowledge that what he was saying was were racist ideas and not truths. I think this book and his other books make can make you acknowledge times you upheld racist beliefs and think about what you could have done differently. ⁣