How to Be an Antiracist
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Racist Introduction Chapter 1: Definitions Chapter 2: Dueling Consciousness Chapter 3: Power Chapter 4: Biology Chapter 5: Ethnicity Chapter 6: Body Chapter 7: Culture Chapter 8: Behavior Chapter 9: Color Chapter 10: White Chapter 11: Black Chapter 12: Class Chapter 13: Space Chapter 14: Gender Chapter 15: Sexuality Chapter 16: Failure Chapter 17: Success Chapter 18: Survival
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All Themes Racism vs. Antiracism Activism and Social Transformation Intersectionality The History of Racist Ideas and Policies
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All Characters Dr. Ibram X. Kendi Kendi’s Mother Kendi’s Father Donald Trump Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Ronald Reagan W. E. B. Du Bois Smurf Sadiqa
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All Terms Race Racism Antiracism Assimilationism Segregationism Dueling Consciousness Colorism Racial Capitalism Powerless Defense Intersectionality Eugenics
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How to Be an Antiracist

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Ibram X. Kendi
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Kendi compares his battle against stage-four cancer to America’s fight against racism to represent the kind of mindset that antiracist activists should adopt. When Kendi first heard another scholar compare racism to a disease at…

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