{"product_id":"stamped-from-the-beginning-ibram-x-kendi-9781568585987","title":"Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi","description":"\u003ch1\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eby Ibram X. Kendi\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe National Book Award winning history of how racist ideas were created, spread, and deeply rooted in American society.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome Americans insist that we're living in a post-racial society. But racist thought is not just alive and well in America—it is more sophisticated and more insidious than ever. And as award-winning historian\u003cstrong\u003e Ibram X. Kendi\u003c\/strong\u003e argues, racist ideas have a long and lingering history, one in which nearly every great American thinker is complicit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this deeply researched and fast-moving narrative, Kendi chronicles the entire story of anti-black racist ideas and their staggering power over the course of American history. He uses the life stories of five major American intellectuals to drive this history: Puritan minister Cotton Mather, Thomas Jefferson, abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, W.E.B. Du Bois, and legendary activist Angela Davis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs Kendi shows, racist ideas did not arise from ignorance or hatred. They were created to justify and rationalize deeply entrenched discriminatory policies and the nation's racial inequities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn shedding light on this history, \u003ci\u003eStamped from the Beginning \u003c\/i\u003eoffers us the tools we need to expose racist thinking. In the process, he gives us reason to hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eStamped from the Beginning:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"We often describe a wonderful book as 'mind-blowing' or 'life-changing' but I've found this rarely to actually be the case. I found both descriptions accurate for Ibram X. Kendi's Stamped from the Beginning... I will never look at racial discrimination again after reading this marvellous, ambitious, and clear-sighted book.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—George Saunders, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, Best Books of 2017\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Ambitious, well-researched and worth the time of anyone who wants to understand racism.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A deep (and often disturbing) chronicling of how anti-black thinking has entrenched itself in the fabric of American society.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2016 National Book Award for Nonfiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eOn President Obama's Black History Month Recommended Reading List\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2016 National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed one of the Best Books of the Year by the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChicago Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Root\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBuzzfeed\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEntropy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Bust-Down Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50708645904699,"sku":"1568585985","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/2077\/7531\/files\/13080533482746_668b8331-bdd9-459a-af46-2812abe4d939.jpg?v=1762520382","url":"https:\/\/bustdownbooks.com\/products\/stamped-from-the-beginning-ibram-x-kendi-9781568585987","provider":"Bust-Down Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}