How to Raise an Antiracist

Ibram X. Kendi
4.41
2,648 ratings 368 reviews
The book that every parent, caregiver, and teacher needs to raise the next generation of antiracist thinkers, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist The tragedies and reckonings around racism that have rocked the country have created a specific crisis for parents and other caregivers: How do we talk to our children about it? How do we raise our children to avoid repeating our racist history and the ongoing errors of the present? While we do the work of dismantling racist behaviors in ourselves and the world around us, how do we raise our children to be antiracists? After he wrote the National Book Award–winning Stamped from the Beginning, readers asked Ibram Kendi, “How can I be antiracist?” After he wrote the bestsellers How to Be an Antiracist and Antiracist Baby, readers began asking a different question: “How do I raise an antiracist child?” This is a question Dr. Kendi had been asking himself ever since he became a teacher—but the question became more personal and urgent when he found out his partner, Sadiqa, was pregnant. Like many parents, he didn’t know how answer the question—and wasn’t sure he wanted to. He didn’t want to educate his child on antiracism; he wanted to shield her from the toxicity of racism altogether. But research and experience changed his mind: He realized that antiracism has to be taught and modeled as early as possible—not just to armor them against the racism that is still indoctrinated and normalized in our children’s world, but to remind parents and caregivers to build a more just future for us all. Following the model of his bestselling How to Be an Antiracist, Kendi combines vital scholarship with a compelling personal narrative of his own journey as a parent to create a work whose advice is grounded in research and relatable real-world experience. The chapters follow the stages of child development and don’t just help parents to raise antiracists, but also to create an antiracist world for them to grow and thrive in.
Genres: ParentingNonfictionAudiobookRaceAnti RacistSocial JusticeSelf HelpAdultEducationActivism
288 Pages

Community Reviews:

5 star
1459 (55%)
4 star
922 (35%)
3 star
199 (8%)
2 star
23 (1%)
1 star
45 (2%)

Readers also enjoyed

Other books by Ibram X. Kendi

Lists with this book

Industrial Society and Its Future
The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life
End the Fed
4chan /pol/ Reading List
313 books • 27 voters
How to Be Less Stupid About Race: On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide
Antiracist Baby
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Race and National Socialism
153 books • 13 voters
Democracy: The God That Failed
The Culture of Critique: An Evolutionary Analysis of Jewish Involvement in Twentieth-Century Intellectual and Political Movements
The Essential Dykes To Watch Out For
Alternative Right Recommended Reading
448 books • 46 voters
A People's History of American Empire
Do the Work!: An Antiracist Activity Book
Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings That Formed the Movement
Critical Thinking Book Club
100 books • 1 voters