Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (eBook, PDF, Free Download)

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist

 Ideas in America By Ibram X.Kendi [PDF] Free Download

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WINNER OF THE 2016 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION.

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Some Americans cling desperately to the parable that we reside in a very post-racial society, that the election of the primary Black president spelled the doom of racism. In fact, racist thought is alive and well in America--more sophisticated and more insidious than ever. And as award-winning historian Ibram X. Kendi argues in Stamped from the start, if we've any hope of grappling with this stark reality, we must first understand how racist ideas were developed, disseminated, and enshrined in American society. In this deeply researched and fast-moving narrative, Kendi chronicles the whole story of anti-Black racist ideas and their staggering power over the course of yank history. Stamped from the start uses the life stories of 5 major American intellectuals to supply a window into the contentious debates between assimilationists and segregationists and between racists and antiracists. From Puritan minister Cotton Mather to President of the United States, from fiery abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison to brilliant scholar W.E.B. civil rights leader to legendary anti-prison activist Angela Davis, Kendi shows how and why a number of our leading proslavery and pro-civil rights thinkers have challenged or helped cement racist ideas in America. Contrary to popular conceptions, racist ideas failed to arise from ignorance or hatred. Instead, they were devised and honed by a number of the foremost brilliant minds of every era. These intellectuals used their brilliance to justify and rationalize deeply entrenched discriminatory policies and therefore the nation's racial disparities in everything from wealth to health. And while racist ideas are easily produced and simply consumed, they'll even be discredited. In shedding much-needed light on the murky history of racist ideas, Stamped from the start offers us the tools we want to show them--and within the process, gives us reason to hope.

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