Be Antiracist // A Journal for Awareness, Reflection, and Action

Reflect on your understanding of race and discover ways to work toward an antiracist future with this guided journal from the #1New York Timesbestselling author ofHow to Be an AntiracistandStamped from the Beginning.

Antiracism is not a destination but a journey–one that takes deliberate, consistent work. Ibram X. Kendi’s concept of antiracism has reenergized and reshaped the conversation about racial justice in America and pointed us toward new ways of thinking about ourselves and our society. Whether or not you’ve readHow to Be an Antiracist, this stunning paperback journal offers the opportunity to reflect on your personal commitment to antiracism.Be Antiracistis both a confessional and a log of your journey toward a more equitable and just society.

Be Antiracisthelps you reflect on topics such as body, power, class, gender, and policy, as well as specific questions like, “Who or what scares you the most when you think about race?” and “How can we go about disconnecting Blackness from criminality?” and “What constitutes an American to you?” Kendi’s multipronged approach to self-reflection will challenge you to make change in yourself and your community, and contribute to an antiracist future.

• Be Antiracist: A Journal for Awareness, Reflection, & Action by Ibram X. Kendi
• Item Weight:10.4 ounces
• Paperback:192 pages
• ISBN-10:059323300X
• ISBN-13:9780593233009
• Product Dimensions:6.1 x 0.52 x 7.98 inches
• Publisher:One World (October 6, 2020)
• Language:English

Author: Kendi, Ibram X.

Biography & True Stories

Published on 15 October 2020 by Vintage Publishing (The Bodley Head Ltd) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback / softback | 192 pages
155 x 202 x 21 | 451g

Being antiracist is not something you are. It is something we

do.

In his global, game-changing bestseller How To Be An Antiracist Ibram X.

Kendi, director of the Centre for Antiracist Research at Boston University,

showed that when it comes to racism, neutrality is not an option: until we

become part of the solution, we can only be part of the problem. Crucially,

it requires ‘persistent self-awareness, constant self-criticism and regular

self-examination’.

In this workbook he uses his extraordinary gifts as a teacher to provide

the reader with a series of activities, exercises and reflections to help

them do this vital work, to cultivate an instinctive awareness of racism in

all its forms and to take the action necessary to promote racial equity in

the world around them.

He asks us to reflect on our thinking around race through prompts including

‘Describe the most racist moment of your life,’, ‘Have you ever been hesitant

to use the R-word? Why?’ and ‘What does resistance mean to you?’ helping us

understand that the heartbeat of anti-racism is confession. It is

self-reflection.

The heart of racism is denial. It is refusing to self-reflect.

‘Transformative and revolutionary’ Robin DiAngelo, bestselling author of White Fragility

‘Gives us the tools to make changes in our own life and society’ June

Sarpong