Sarah Fields - Summary of Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi (Discussion Prompts)

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Stamped from the Beginning

Ibram X. Kendi

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First Published in the U.S.A.

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Chapter One: Introducing Stamped from the Beginning

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eriving inspiration for itstitle from a speech delivered in the U.S.Senate in 1860 by Jefferson Davis, dubbed as one of the mostinfamous racists in American history, Stamped from the Beginning:The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America traces theextensive and agonizing history of racist ideology from 15thcentury Portugal to the present. In condensing 500 years of eventsinto a 592-page book, Ibram X. Kendi, one of Americas leadinghistorians and antiracist advocates, begins by clarifying thedifference between to the two main concepts in his study: racistand antiracist ideas. He states that a racist idea is any thoughtthat insinuates the superiority of a racial group over another inany way while antiracist idea asserts the equality of all races.This frictional dichotomy between racial hierarchy and racialequality has shaken the fissures in the plains of human relationsso violently that the gaping chasm seems unbridgeable. But forpeople like Kendi, who recognize the tremendous work to be done,naming racism and its insidious structures is only half thebattle.