Stamped From the Beginning

by Ibram X. Kendi

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1. Kim CraytonInterview

   It’s not just about understanding Economics, it’s about understanding Economics in the framework of how it’s been used, which is why I’m focusing on building a Supremacy, Coercion, Discrimination, and Exploitation FREE future. I look to books like Saving Capitalism by Robert B. Reich, Requiem for the American Dream by…

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3. Bridgett M. DavisInterview

   Humanity needs so much right now, but if I chose one book it would be Stamped From The Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi. America in particular needs to know its history and confront it, and no book as ever laid out the insidiousness of racist practice and thought like this one. It’s a treasure.

4. James ConnollyInterview

   I’m currently reading Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi. I picked it up because it was mentioned by Ezra Klein in his debate with Sam Harris, as a means of observing the dialogue by which the black community see American history.

5. Brandy ColbertInterview

   I’m currently (and slowly) working my way through Stamped From the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi. It’s a thick and engaging book about the history of racism in the United States. As a descendant of enslaved people from the American South, I think it’s especially important to be informed about where I come from and why…

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