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Stamped from the Beginning : The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
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The National Book Award-winning history of how racist ideas were created, spread, and deeply rooted in American society. Some Americans insist that we're living in a post-racial society. But racist thought is not just alive and well in America -- it is more sophisticated and more insidious than ever. And as award-winning historian Ibram X. Kendi argues, racist ideas have a long and lingering history, one in which nearly every great American thinker is complicit. In this deeply researched and fast-moving narrative, Kendi chronicles the entire story of anti-black racist ideas and their staggering power over the course of American history. He uses the life stories of five major American intellectuals to drive this history: Puritan minister Cotton Mather, Thomas Jefferson, abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, W.E.B. Du Bois, and legendary activist Angela Davis. As Kendi shows, racist ideas did not arise from ignorance or hatred. They were created to justify and rationalize deeply entrenched racist policies and the nation's racial inequities. In shedding light on this history, Stamped from the Beginning offers us the tools we need to expose racist thinking. In the process, he gives us reason to hope.
Ibram X. Kendi
Ibram X. Kendi is a renowned author, historian, and scholar of race and discriminatory policy in America. His works, such as How to Be an Antiracist and Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, have earned him a place as one of the most influential voices in discussions on racism and social justice. Stamped from the Beginning won the National Book Award for Non-Fiction, making Kendi one of the youngest recipients of the award.
Besides his writings on historical and contemporary issues of racism, Kendi has contributed to public discourse through articles, public speaking, and as a professor at Boston University, where he founded the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research. His approach combines rigorous scholarship with a compelling call for transformative action against systemic racism.
Born on August 13, 1982, in New York City, Ibram X. Kendi was raised in Queens. His personal experiences and academic background heavily influence his writing and advocacy work. Apart from his scholarly and writing career, he enjoys reading and mentoring young scholars.
Born: August 13, 1982
Hometown: New York City, New York, USA
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Table Of Contents
| Preface to the 2023 Edition | ix |
| Preface to the First Paperback Edition | xiii |
| Prologue | 1 |
| Cotton Mather | |
| Human Hierarchy | 15 |
| Origins of Racist Ideas | 22 |
| Coming to America | 31 |
| Saving Souls, Not Bodies | 48 |
| Black Hunts | 60 |
| Great Awakening | 68 |
| Thomas Jefferson | |
| Enlightenment | 81 |
| Exhibits | 94 |
| Created Equal | 106 |
| Uplift Suasion | 122 |
| Big Bottoms | 137 |
| Colonization | 145 |
| William Lloyd Garrison | |
| Gradual Equality | 163 |
| Imbruted or Civilized | 179 |
| Soul | 193 |
| The Impending Crisis | 204 |
| History's Emancipator | 216 |
| Ready for Freedom? | 225 |
| Reconstructing Slavery | 237 |
| Reconstructing Blame | 250 |
| W. E. B. Du Bois | |
| Renewing the South | 267 |
| Southern Horrors | 274 |
| Black Judases | 285 |
| Great White Hopes | 300 |
| The Birth of a Nation | 313 |
| Media Suasion | 328 |
| Old Deal | 340 |
| Freedom Brand | 354 |
| Massive Resistance | 370 |
| Angela Davis | |
| The Act of Civil Rights | 385 |
| Black Power | 397 |
| Law and Order | 414 |
| Reagan's Drugs | 428 |
| New Democrats | 444 |
| New Republicans | 460 |
| 99.9 Percent the Same | 473 |
| The Extraordinary Negro | 486 |
| Epilogue | 501 |
| Acknowledgments | 517 |
| Reading Group Guide | 521 |
| Notes | 527 |
| Index | 679 |
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The National Book Award-winning history of how racist ideas were created, spread, and deeply rooted in American society. Some Americans insist that we're living in a post-racial society. But racist thought is not just alive and well in America -- it ...
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The National Book Award-winning history of how racist ideas were created, spread, and deeply rooted in American society. Some Americans insist that we're living in a post-racial society. But racist thought is not just alive and well in America -- it is more sophisticated and more insidious than ever. And as award-winning historian Ibram X. Kendi argues, racist ideas have a long and lingering history, one in which nearly every great American thinker is complicit. In this deeply researched and fast-moving narrative, Kendi chronicles the entire story of anti-black racist ideas and their staggering power over the course of American history. He uses the life stories of five major American intellectuals to drive this history: Puritan minister Cotton Mather, Thomas Jefferson, abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, W.E.B. Du Bois, and legendary activist Angela Davis. As Kendi shows, racist ideas did not arise from ignorance or hatred. They were created to justify and rationalize deeply entrenched racist policies and the nation's racial inequities. In shedding light on this history, Stamped from the Beginning offers us the tools we need to expose racist thinking. In the process, he gives us reason to hope.
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About the Author
Ibram X. Kendi
Ibram X. Kendi is a renowned author, historian, and scholar of race and discriminatory policy in America. His works, such as How to Be an Antiracist and Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, have earned him a place as one of the most influential voices in discussions on racism and social justice. Stamped from the Beginning won the National Book Award for Non-Fiction, making Kendi one of the youngest recipients of the award.
Besides his writings on historical and contemporary issues of racism, Kendi has contributed to public discourse through articles, public speaking, and as a professor at Boston University, where he founded the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research. His approach combines rigorous scholarship with a compelling call for transformative action against systemic racism.
Born on August 13, 1982, in New York City, Ibram X. Kendi was raised in Queens. His personal experiences and academic background heavily influence his writing and advocacy work. Apart from his scholarly and writing career, he enjoys reading and mentoring young scholars.
Born: August 13, 1982
Hometown: New York City, New York, USA
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Table Of Contents
| Preface to the 2023 Edition | ix |
| Preface to the First Paperback Edition | xiii |
| Prologue | 1 |
| Cotton Mather | |
| Human Hierarchy | 15 |
| Origins of Racist Ideas | 22 |
| Coming to America | 31 |
| Saving Souls, Not Bodies | 48 |
| Black Hunts | 60 |
| Great Awakening | 68 |
| Thomas Jefferson | |
| Enlightenment | 81 |
| Exhibits | 94 |
| Created Equal | 106 |
| Uplift Suasion | 122 |
| Big Bottoms | 137 |
| Colonization | 145 |
| William Lloyd Garrison | |
| Gradual Equality | 163 |
| Imbruted or Civilized | 179 |
| Soul | 193 |
| The Impending Crisis | 204 |
| History's Emancipator | 216 |
| Ready for Freedom? | 225 |
| Reconstructing Slavery | 237 |
| Reconstructing Blame | 250 |
| W. E. B. Du Bois | |
| Renewing the South | 267 |
| Southern Horrors | 274 |
| Black Judases | 285 |
| Great White Hopes | 300 |
| The Birth of a Nation | 313 |
| Media Suasion | 328 |
| Old Deal | 340 |
| Freedom Brand | 354 |
| Massive Resistance | 370 |
| Angela Davis | |
| The Act of Civil Rights | 385 |
| Black Power | 397 |
| Law and Order | 414 |
| Reagan's Drugs | 428 |
| New Democrats | 444 |
| New Republicans | 460 |
| 99.9 Percent the Same | 473 |
| The Extraordinary Negro | 486 |
| Epilogue | 501 |
| Acknowledgments | 517 |
| Reading Group Guide | 521 |
| Notes | 527 |
| Index | 679 |
| Table of Contents provided by Ingram Syndetics. All Rights Reserved. |
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