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A ground-breaking argument about children, racism and how to build the antiracist society of the future - from the author of the million-copy global bestseller How To Be an Antiracist

*A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*

'One of the pre-eminent intellectuals on race' OWEN JONES

How do kids think about race? How are they affected by it? At what age should we talk to them about racism? What is the best way to do that? How can we raise our children to be antiracist?

In this inspiring and deeply personal investigation, Ibram X. Kendi explains how to safeguard our children from racism and how we can all participate in fostering a new generation of antiracists.

His essential and revolutionary insight is that our instinct to protect our children from racism by not talking about it is entirely wrong. Using the science of childhood development, illustrated with his own experiences as a father, he shows that only by teaching our children about the realities of racism from the youngest age can we truly protect them and build the antiracist society of the future.

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Praise for How To Be an Antiracist:

'One of the US's most respected scholars of race and history' Afua Hirsch, Guardian

'Transformative and revolutionary' Robin DiAngelo, author of White Fragility

'The most courageous book to date on the problem of race' The New York Times

© Ibram X. Kendi 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

Critics Review

  • One of the US’s most respected scholars of race and history

    Afua Hirsch
  • Our most trusted voice on antiracism reveals the critical role of parents, caregivers, and teachers in fostering either racist or antiracist attitudes in all children. Rendered intimate with stories from his own childhood and his parenting journey, Ibram X. Kendi once again lights the way. This book is as compassionate as it is cogent and timely

    Julie Lythcott-Haims, New York Times bestselling author of How to Raise an Adult
  • Could hardly be more relevant … it feels like a light switch being flicked on

    Owen Jones on How To Be an Antiracist
  • Transformative and revolutionary

    Robin DiAngelo, author of White Fragility, on How To Be an Antiracist
  • Combines Kendi’s personal experience as a parent with his scholarly expertise in showing how racism affects every step of a child’s life Like all his books, this one is accessible to everyone regardless of race or class. Read it.”

    LA Times, "10 books to add to your reading list in June"
  • The most courageous book to date on the problem of race in the Western mind

    The New York Times on How To Be an Antiracist

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