An essential framework for parsing current events . . . meticulously researched . . . worthwhile and accessible . . . also offers a modicum of hope
Arwa Mahdawi, Guardian
The most courageous book to date on the problem of race in the Western mind
New York Times on How To Be an Antiracist
One of the US’s most respected scholars of race and history
Afua Hirsch
A kind, dignified, preternaturally wise teacher ... indefatigable in his quest to set you on the path toward true knowledge
GQ
One of the pre-eminent intellectuals on race
Guardian
One of today’s most visible and sought-after public intellectuals
Wall Street Journal
[Kendi] is not a historian fearful of upsetting orthodoxies or questioning fixed reputations
David Olusoga
About Ibram X. Kendi
Ibram X. Kendi is one of the world's leading antiracist scholars. He is Professor of History and the inaugural director of the Howard University Institute for Advanced Studies. His many books include Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas, which won the National Book Award for Nonfiction, and How To Be an Antiracist, which was a number one New York Times bestseller and a Sunday Times bestseller. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a MacArthur Genius Grant, and in 2020 Time named Kendi one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
