How To Be an Antiracist

Could hardly be more relevant … it feels like a light switch being flicked on – Owen JonesTransformative and revolutionary … offers us a necessary and critical way forward – Robin DiAngelo, author of White FragilityThe most courageous book to date on the problem of race in the Western mind * New York Times *Vital… Whether you’re an institution … or an individual in moral paralysis, dumbfounded by the febrile emotions now at large … you are not alone; hope is on its way – Colin Grant * Observer *Shocking and provocative … he uses his personal story to make his arguments so skilfully that the book is both a memoir and a strident call to arms * Irish Times *An electrifying combination of ethics, history, law and science, bringing it all together with an engaging personal narrative … an essential work for anyone who wants to go beyond an awareness of racism to the next step * The Voice *One of the US’s most respected scholars of race and history… Kendi’s argument is brilliantly simple … His honesty … is one of the most powerful elements in this compelling book – Afua Hirsch * Guardian *Gives us the tools to make changes in our own lives and society at large. A must-read – June Sarpong, author of DiversifyMakes clear how we all must engage in the essential soul-searching to understand our own racism and the personal action required to become antiracist – Lord Herman Ouseley, former Chair of the Commission for Racial Equality and of Kick It OutThis is no guidebook to getting woke … Never wavering, Kendi methodically examines racism through numerous lenses: power, biology, ethnicity, body, culture, and so forth. This unsparing honesty helps readers, both white and people of colour, navigate this difficult intellectual territory. Essential * Kirkus *

Ibram X. Kendi is one of the world’s leading antiracist scholars. He is Professor of History and the inaugural director of the Howard University Institute for Advanced Studies. His many books include Stamped from the Beginning- The Definitive History of Racist Ideas, which won the National Book Award for Nonfiction, and How To Be an Antiracist, which was a number one New York Times bestseller and a Sunday Times bestseller. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a MacArthur Genius Grant, and in 2020 Time named Kendi one of the 100 most influential people in the world.