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The Resource Stamped from the beginning : the definitive history of racist ideas in America, Ibram X. Kendi

Stamped from the beginning : the definitive history of racist ideas in America, Ibram X. Kendi

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Winner of the 2016 National Book Award for nonfictionA New York Times bestseller in race and civil rightsFinalist for the 2016 National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfictionA Boston Globe best book of 2016A Washington Post notable book of 2016Some Americans cling desperately to the myth that we are living in a post-racial society, that the election of the first 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 Beginning, if we have 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 entire story of anti-Black racist ideas and their staggering power over the course of American history. Stamped from the Beginning uses the life stories of five major American intellectuals to offer a window into the contentious debates between assimilationists and segregationists and between racists and antiracists. From Puritan minister Cotton Mather to Thomas Jefferson, from fiery abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison to brilliant scholar W.E.B. Du Bois to legendary anti-prison activist Angela Davis, Kendi shows how and why some of our leading proslavery and pro-civil rights thinkers have challenged or helped cement racist ideas in America. Contrary to popular conceptions, racist ideas did not arise from ignorance or hatred. Instead, they were devised and honed by some of the most brilliant minds of each era. These intellectuals used their brilliance to justify and rationalize deeply entrenched discriminatory policies and the nation's racial disparities in everything from wealth to health. And while racist ideas are easily produced and easily consumed, they can also be discredited. In shedding much-needed light on the murky history of racist ideas, Stamped from the Beginning offers us the tools we need to expose them--and in the process, gives us reason to hope
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eng
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Unabridged.
Extent
1 online resource (1 sound file (18 hr., 36 min., 51 sec.))
Contents
  • Part I. Cotton Mather
  • Human hierarchy
  • Origins of racist ideas
  • Coming to America
  • Saving souls, not bodies
  • Black hunts
  • Great awakening
  • Part II. Thomas Jefferson
  • Enlightenment
  • Black exhibits
  • Created equal
  • Uplift suasion
  • Big bottoms
  • Colonization
  • Part III. William Lloyd Garrison
  • Gradual equality
  • Imbruted or civilized
  • Soul
  • The impending crisis
  • History's emancipator
  • Ready for freedom?
  • Reconstructing slavery
  • Reconstructing blame
  • Part IV. W.E.B. Du Bois
  • Renewing the south
  • Southern horrors
  • Black Judases
  • Great white hopes
  • The Birth of a Nation
  • Media suasion
  • Old deal
  • Freedom brand
  • Massive resistance
  • Part V. Angela Davis
  • The act of civil rights
  • Black power
  • Law and order
  • Reagan's drugs
  • New Democrats
  • New Republicans
  • 99.9 percent the same
  • The extraordinary Negro
  • Epilogue
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9781518940927
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Stamped from the beginning : the definitive history of racist ideas in America
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Stamped from the beginning
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the definitive history of racist ideas in America
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Ibram X. Kendi
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eng
Summary
Winner of the 2016 National Book Award for nonfictionA New York Times bestseller in race and civil rightsFinalist for the 2016 National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfictionA Boston Globe best book of 2016A Washington Post notable book of 2016Some Americans cling desperately to the myth that we are living in a post-racial society, that the election of the first 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 Beginning, if we have 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 entire story of anti-Black racist ideas and their staggering power over the course of American history. Stamped from the Beginning uses the life stories of five major American intellectuals to offer a window into the contentious debates between assimilationists and segregationists and between racists and antiracists. From Puritan minister Cotton Mather to Thomas Jefferson, from fiery abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison to brilliant scholar W.E.B. Du Bois to legendary anti-prison activist Angela Davis, Kendi shows how and why some of our leading proslavery and pro-civil rights thinkers have challenged or helped cement racist ideas in America. Contrary to popular conceptions, racist ideas did not arise from ignorance or hatred. Instead, they were devised and honed by some of the most brilliant minds of each era. These intellectuals used their brilliance to justify and rationalize deeply entrenched discriminatory policies and the nation's racial disparities in everything from wealth to health. And while racist ideas are easily produced and easily consumed, they can also be discredited. In shedding much-needed light on the murky history of racist ideas, Stamped from the Beginning offers us the tools we need to expose them--and in the process, gives us reason to hope
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  • Isinglass Teen Read Award Nominee, 2021-2022
  • The Flume: NH Teen Readers' Choice Nominee, 2022
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Kendi, Ibram X
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305.800973
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E185.61
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history
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Read by Christopher Dontrell Piper
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  • Piper, Christopher Dontrell
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  • Racism
  • Race relations
  • Racism
  • United States
  • United States
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Stamped from the beginning : the definitive history of racist ideas in America, Ibram X. Kendi
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Contents
Part I. Cotton Mather -- Human hierarchy -- Origins of racist ideas -- Coming to America -- Saving souls, not bodies -- Black hunts -- Great awakening -- Part II. Thomas Jefferson -- Enlightenment -- Black exhibits -- Created equal -- Uplift suasion -- Big bottoms -- Colonization -- Part III. William Lloyd Garrison -- Gradual equality -- Imbruted or civilized -- Soul -- The impending crisis -- History's emancipator -- Ready for freedom? -- Reconstructing slavery -- Reconstructing blame -- Part IV. W.E.B. Du Bois -- Renewing the south -- Southern horrors -- Black Judases -- Great white hopes -- The Birth of a Nation -- Media suasion -- Old deal -- Freedom brand -- Massive resistance -- Part V. Angela Davis -- The act of civil rights -- Black power -- Law and order -- Reagan's drugs -- New Democrats -- New Republicans -- 99.9 percent the same -- The extraordinary Negro -- Epilogue
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Unabridged.
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1 online resource (1 sound file (18 hr., 36 min., 51 sec.))
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9781518940927
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Stamped from the beginning : the definitive history of racist ideas in America, Ibram X. Kendi
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Contents
Part I. Cotton Mather -- Human hierarchy -- Origins of racist ideas -- Coming to America -- Saving souls, not bodies -- Black hunts -- Great awakening -- Part II. Thomas Jefferson -- Enlightenment -- Black exhibits -- Created equal -- Uplift suasion -- Big bottoms -- Colonization -- Part III. William Lloyd Garrison -- Gradual equality -- Imbruted or civilized -- Soul -- The impending crisis -- History's emancipator -- Ready for freedom? -- Reconstructing slavery -- Reconstructing blame -- Part IV. W.E.B. Du Bois -- Renewing the south -- Southern horrors -- Black Judases -- Great white hopes -- The Birth of a Nation -- Media suasion -- Old deal -- Freedom brand -- Massive resistance -- Part V. Angela Davis -- The act of civil rights -- Black power -- Law and order -- Reagan's drugs -- New Democrats -- New Republicans -- 99.9 percent the same -- The extraordinary Negro -- Epilogue
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Edition
Unabridged.
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1 online resource (1 sound file (18 hr., 36 min., 51 sec.))
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unknown
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online
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not applicable
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9781518940927
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