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How to Be an Antiracist

By: Ibram X. Kendi
Narrated by: Ibram X. Kendi
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**THE GLOBAL MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER**

NOT BEING RACIST IS NOT ENOUGH. WE HAVE TO BE ANTIRACIST.

In this rousing and deeply empathetic book, Ibram X. Kendi, one of the world's most influential scholars of racism, shows that neutrality is not an option: until we become part of the solution, we can only be part of the problem.

Using his extraordinary gifts as a teacher and story-teller, Kendi helps us recognise that everyone is, at times, complicit in racism whether they realise it or not, and by describing with moving humility his own journey from racism to antiracism, he shows us how instead to be a force for good. Along the way, Kendi punctures all the myths and taboos that so often cloud our understanding, from arguments about what race is and whether racial differences exist to the complications that arise when race intersects with ethnicity, class, gender and sexuality.

In the process he demolishes the myth of the post-racial society and builds from the ground up a vital new understanding of racism - what it is, where it is hidden, how to identify it and what to do about it.

©2019 Ibram X. Kendi (P)2019 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

"So vital." (Ijeoma Oluo, author of So You Want to Talk About Race)

"The most courageous book to date on the problem of race." (New York Times)

"It feels like a light switch being flicked on." (Owen Jones)

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This book is courageous, authentic and honest.

The ideas are so well argued, and demonstrated. Some of the things he argues are contentious, and I feel that his authenticity, his honesty, and the way he holds himself to account is inspiring and trust building. As a non-american I didn't always follow the historical and political detail but it didn't matter too much, it is worth reading for the ideas that he puts forward.

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Great content that’s very very badly read by the author

I’ve had to give up on the audio version and am now reading the kindle edition... he has a great voice great experiences and insight but unfortunately his style of reading does not follow punctuation, flow or expression.

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