How To Raise an Antiracist: FROM THE GLOBAL MILLION COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR

DescriptionA ground-breaking argument about children, racism and how to build the antiracist society of the future – from the author of the million-copy global bestseller How To Be an Antiracist*A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*’One of the pre-eminent intellectuals on race’ OWEN JONESHow do kids think about race? How are they affected by it? At what age should we talk to them about racism? What is the best way to do that? How can we raise our children to be antiracist?In this inspiring and deeply personal investigation, Ibram X. Kendi explains how to safeguard our children from racism and how we can all participate in fostering a new generation of antiracists.His essential and revolutionary insight is that our instinct to protect our children from racism by not talking about it is entirely wrong. Using the science of childhood development, illustrated with his own experiences as a father, he shows that only by teaching our children about the realities of racism from the youngest age can we truly protect them and build the antiracist society of the future.—Praise for How To Be an Antiracist (over 1 million copies sold worldwide by August 2020):’One of the US’s most respected scholars of race and history’ Afua Hirsch, Guardian’Transformative and revolutionary’ Robin DiAngelo, author of White Fragility’The most courageous book to date on the problem of race’ The New York TimesAdditional informationWeight0.2 kgDimensions2 × 12.8 × 19.6 cmPublication City/CountryLondon, United KingdomISBN 101529197570About The AuthorIbram X. Kendi is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities at Boston University, and the founding director of the BU Center for Antiracist Research. He is the author of many books including Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, which won the National Book Award for Nonfiction, and three #1 New York Times bestsellers, How to Be an Antiracist, which was also a Sunday Times bestseller; Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You, co-authored with Jason Reynolds; and Antiracist Baby, illustrated by Ashley Lukashevsky. In 2020, Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world.One of the US's most respected scholars of race and historyOther textOur most trusted voice on antiracism reveals the critical role of parents, caregivers, and teachers in fostering either racist or antiracist attitudes in all children. Rendered intimate with stories from his own childhood and his parenting journey, Ibram X. Kendi once again lights the way. This book is as compassionate as it is cogent and timely