He uses personal anecdotes from his life to illustrate these concepts, including narratives from his family history, as well as his academic journey toward understanding racism.Īs a Black man, Kendi grew up with parents brought up in the era of Black Power who instilled in him a strong sense of Black identity.
Kendi devotes each chapter to the exploration of individual terms pertaining to racism, which he defines as “a collection of racist policies that lead to racial inequity and are substantiated by racist ideas” (20). How to Be an Antiracist sets out to define antiracist work as a set of strategies one can undertake to undo the harms of racist policies.
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