Workbook for How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi E-Book

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• Herausgeber: MaxHelp
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2020

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How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi delivers a transformative message about racism and a refreshing conversation about the individual behind the skin color. In this part-memoir, Kendi combines law, ethics, science, and history with his personal journey towards antiracism. He takes a daring initiative and begins a self-reflection movement through his honest narrative on how he has been a racist in surprising ways. The book gives readers several compelling antiracist ideas that aim to provide a concrete definition of racism and its consequences. He does this with the ultimate goal of driving his readers to oppose the racist ideas in society, government, and within each individual's mind.
First released in August 2019, Antiracist sold 218,214 print copies in 2020 according to Publishers Weekly. It spent nearly an entire month in the New York Times Best-sellers list. The Smithsonian Institute Website for educators features Kendi's book and is among the recommended summer readings of Berkley, University of California, and Cornell University.

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1. Book Abstract: How to Be an Antiracist

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Table of Contents

1. Book Abstract: How to Be an Antiracist

2. About the Author: Ibram X. Kendi

3. Important Notes About This Book

4. Beyond its Publication

5. Quiz Questions

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Book Abstract for How to Be an Antiracist

Ibram X. Kendi is the author of another best-selling book, Stamped from the Beginning, which tackles the history of racism in America. In How to be an Antiracist, Kendi takes a more personal approach to the subject. He recounts the moment of his rude awakening at the time he delivered a speech honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Looking back, Kendi realized that his speech expressed racist ideas to the Black community to which he belongs.

How to Be an Antiracist is a nonfiction book by the author, professor, and historian Ibram X. Kendi. He introduces provocative ideas about racism and suggests antiracist actions for both individuals and society as a whole. Kendi maps his own evolution towards antiracism from his childhood to the present. He opens the book with the racist ideas he cultivated growing up, such as blaming Black people for the problems they face in society. Throughout his journey as a professor of history, particularly of Africana and Latino Studies, he developed concepts of racism leading to his introspection that motivated Antiracist's conception.

One of the primary points he makes is the significance of learning the proper and more comprehensive meaning of racism. A standard dictionary definition that focuses on an individual's beliefs about the relationship between one's traits and abilities to his skin color is neither accurate nor satisfactory. Kendi proposed that racism is more action-based. It's a person's support for a "racist policy" not only through the expression of racist ideas but also in their inaction. This thought drives the argument he makes that a person cannot be neutral on this subject. The only way to defeat racism is by being an antiracist. It's by actively supporting antiracist policies that society can successfully eradicate racism.

Antiracist suggests that racism and antiracism are not permanent states. Instead, they are conditions that the mind inhabits interchangeably. It also refutes the "prejudice plus power" model of racism and contends that Black racism is possible. He presents supporting data to many of the radical concepts he makes through the 18 chapters of his book that breaks down racism in light of various issues.

He begins with "Definitions," wherein he uses statistics to reveal the damaging impact of racist power on Americans of color. He followed this with "Dueling Consciousness," wherein he quoted W.E.B. Du Bois and the theories presented within his works that Kendi disagrees with. "Power" examines the birth of racist ideas as a means to enact policies that support and privilege a select minority. Kendi points out that after such policies were created, "race" became a category and not vice versa. He takes these concepts further in "Biology," which tackles the scientific error in the segregationist perspective. Segregationists purport that the biological make-up of Blacks makes them inferior to Whites. Kendi contends that human beings are biologically similar. Up to 99.9% of every human's genetic material is the same, hence the absence of biological support for the divisive idea of "race." "Ethnicity" makes American White racists accountable for the racial tension between African Americans and Black Immigrants. "Body" explores the notion introduced in Ethnicity about the superior physical attributes of Black people. Kendi negates popular misconceptions that Blacks are inherently more dangerous and sexual. He shifts the focus instead on the discriminatory policies in society that instigate violence in their racial group. Any other race, when faced with prejudice and lack of opportunity, will act out in the same way thereby adversely affecting the crime rate.

In the next parts of the book titled "Behavior," "Color," "White," "Black," "Class," "Gender," "Sexuality," "Failure," "Success," and "Survival," readers get to see Kendi's struggle with his own internalized racism. He admits to demonizing the White race as a child—an action he now denounces as an adult. He had to overcome other beliefs, such as his racist ideas towards other Blacks and his internalized homophobia. He shares the destructive nature of queer racism and how the antiracist movement must be an "ally" to all kinds of sexuality.

Kendi makes a fair observation when he said that antiracists face the problem of being close-minded. He reminds readers that their ultimate success is achieved by driving policy changes, not in the temporary thrill of demonstrating. Nearing the end of the book, Kendi concludes that his journey towards becoming an antiracist is never finished. He outlines the steps that would serve as his guide in this lifelong pursuit, which his readers can also follow.

Kendi wraps up Antiracist with the narrative of the battle he, his wife, and his mother fought against cancer. He compares racism to a disease that can be cured and closes in an optimistic tone, fully convinced that hope is the only means through which Americans can persevere. Kendi sums this up when he wrote: "Once we lose hope, we are guaranteed to lose."

Workbook Exercises

Discussion Prompt 1: Apart from authoring books about racism, Kendi is also a professor and historian. He spent years working in the Africana and Latino department of the universities he's affiliated with. What struggles could he have faced teaching about Black history while he was in the process of overcoming his internalized racism?