Ignoring racism in America allows racist ideas to flourish. Here's how to be antiracist.
Americans love the idea that you can avoid being racist by passively treating everyone equally. Ibram X. Kendi's new book explains why this is false..
Aug. 21, 2019, 4:30 AM EDT
By Noah Berlatsky
American University professor Ibram X. Kendi's new book, “How to Be an Antiracist,” begins with an account of how he once delivered a racist speech.
Kendi participated in Prince William County’s 2000 Martin Luther King Jr. oratorical contest when he was in high school. In his speech, he chastised black youth for being unmotivated and unambitious. "They think it's OK to climb the high tree of pregnancy!" he remembers telling the crowd. "They think it's OK to confine their dreams to sports and music!"
By Noah Berlatsky
American University professor Ibram X. Kendi's new book, “How to Be an Antiracist,” begins with an account of how he once delivered a racist speech.
Kendi participated in Prince William County’s 2000 Martin Luther King Jr. oratorical contest when he was in high school. In his speech, he chastised black youth for being unmotivated and unambitious. "They think it's OK to climb the high tree of pregnancy!" he remembers telling the crowd. "They think it's OK to confine their dreams to sports and music!"
Unless you are on a ventilator in the hospital as a victim of COVID-19, then you are aware of the senseless killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis... and yet, this is not the first time that blacks have been killed by white policemen in America... and, we have just learned that prosecutors will not rush to file any charges against the 4-5 law enforcement personnel who have been fired as a result of this senseless violence... either committing it or standing by watching it happen... There has been 3 days of violence in Minneapolis as a result of George Floyd's death.
HOW CAN THE GOVERNMENT FORCE WHITES TO STOP THEIR RACISTS BELIEFS AND ACTIONS AGAINST BLACKS IN AMERICA?
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