#ibram x. kendi

[nerdygaymormon]

#ibram x. kendi #the public universal friend #genderqueer #queer history

[readyforevolution]

“The opposite of racist isn't 'not racist.' It is 'anti-racist.' What's the difference? One endorses either the idea of a racial hierarchy as a racist, or racial equality as an anti-racist. One either believes problems are rooted in groups of people, as a racist, or locates the roots of problems in power and policies, as an anti-racist. One either allows racial inequities to persevere, as a racist, or confronts racial inequities, as an anti-racist. There is no in-between safe space of 'not racist.”

Ibram X. Kendi

#ibram x. kendi #blacktumblr #black history #black liberation #african history

[whenweallvote]

In collaboration with Black Voters Matter, we made this list of our 7️⃣ favorite books by Black authors being banned in schools and libraries across the country. Many of these helped to broaden America’s view of Black people, art, and culture.

Have you read any of these yet, and are any on your Reading List this year? Comment below with your favorites! 📚

#banned books #book bans #black authors #black history month #bhm #maya angelou #ibram x. kendi #jason reynolds #nikole hannah jones #toni morrison #angie thomas #zora neale hurston #richard wright #i know why the caged bird sings #stamped #the 1619 project #the bluest eye #the hate u give #their eyes were watching god #native son #booktok

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

“One of the things that has always afflicted the American reality and the American vision is this aversion to history. History is not something you read about in a book; history is not even the past, it's the present, because everybody operates, whether or not we know it, out of assumptions which are produced only, and only by, our history.” 

– James Baldwin

[h/t Ibram X. Kendi]

#James Baldwin #Ibram X. Kendi #quotes #history

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

It's not so long ago that compulsive liars and race-grifters like Kendi could get away with being fact-checked somewhere down in the depths of the replies where few people would see, and it would rely on people retweeting to surface the refutation upwards. He could propagate whatever manufactured victimhood narrative he wanted, and he could get away with it for the most part.

Community Notes has changed everything.

It's interesting that subjective reality - "my truth" - and "equity" - unequal treatment to create desired outcomes - have become so entrenched that something like, "apply the rules on cheating consistently," is being called a "weapon."

Claudine Gay is entirely responsible for her own downfall.

#Ibram X. Kendi #Harvard University #Harvard #Claudine Gay #Claudine Gay scandal #race card #plagiarism #academic fraud #academic corruption #rampant dishonesty #Community Notes #Community Notes for the win #religion is a mental illness

[actuallylorelaigilmore]

Tagged by: Fave of faves @bethanyactually--and usually I save every post I'm tagged in to (at least theoretically) do later, but since I actually have returned to watching and listening to things lately, I'm gonna do this one right now.

Last song: Like You Do by Josh Ramsay. And Christian Kane's cover of Fast Car, both of which were recced to me by Leander, who knew I should hear them. But also, while I haven't listened to any of it since Tuesday, I woke up with the Daisy Jones and The Six soundtrack playing in my head...just like it has been ever since I originally started watching the series. Today it's mostly been The River featuring Simone, Regret Me, and More Fun To Miss. I know enough of the lyrics now for the soundtrack to be my constant mental radio as I go about my day.

Currently watching: Nancy Drew S2 (I'm 4 episodes in and enjoying it a lot), Schmigadoon S2 (I've seen half of it and it's still fantastic and I'm bummed I only have 3 episodes to go) and today I'm about to start my Good Omens rewatch so I can head into the new season full of S1 feels. Because my best friend is literally the best, I'm also partly through a DJATS rewatch with Leander seeing it for the first time--making that my favorite thing I am watching right now.

Currently reading: Nightwork by Nora Roberts (I'm about halfway through it and have been borrowing it from @actuallylukedanes forever and I feel very bad about that! I will finish it! I'm also partly through How to Raise an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi, also on loan from Leander. And before that, I was (and remain) partway through literally 20 other ebooks of all kinds--most recently Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service by Carol Leonnig. There's a ton of great nonfiction that I already have on my tablet and know I'll enjoy cuz I'm that kind of geek...I just rarely read anymore because reading time is time I'm not spending with my millions of other hobbies.

Current obsession: As referenced above, Daisy Jones and The Six, which I am so so happy Leander is watching with me--both helping me get it out of my system a little and letting me indulge even more in my love of it. After we watched it on Wednesday, I was able to listen to something that wasn't the soundtrack for the first time, so I just may be able to dial this obsession down to manageable levels at some point. But GUYS IT'S SO GOOD. I want to gif it as soon as I get back to Photoshop and I kind of want to read the book, when I didn't before. I just want to burrow into the world and live there, and I haven't felt that way in quite a while, about anything. (It's made it harder to engage with other things, which is why I originally was going to add Ted Lasso's completed final season to my week along with Nancy Drew and Schmigadoon, but ended up not doing so because my head and heart are full of DJATS right now. But I missed this feeling, too, so I'm happy to be in love again.)

No-pressure tagging: @actuallylukedanes, @jicklet, @jakeperalta, @beturass, @hondagirll, @mythologicalmango, @dollsome-does-tumblr, @anextrapart, @sentichefuoripiove, @robbiedaymonds and anybody else who wants to do this.

#actuallylukedanes #i have the best best friend #daisy jones and the six #christian kane #bethanyactually #josh ramsay #the river #regret me #more fun to miss #nancy drew #schmigadoon #good omens #nightwork #nora roberts #ibram x. kendi #how to raise an antiracist #zero fail: the rise and fall of the secret service #carol leonnig #tag games

[thecurvycritic]

Roger Ross Williams Eloquently Reveals We Are Stamped From The Beginning

What is wrong with Black People. Absolutely nothing. @netflix #stampedfromthebeginning #afifest

In 1860, Mississippi Senate Davis on the floor of the United States Senate opposed a bill funding education for Black people. To justify this, Davis crafted a made up fairytale he claimed came from the Bible around when Cain was exiled from the Garden of Eden. Apparently, Cain comes across the land of Naan and according to Senator Davis, this land was inhabited by animals and beasts that were…

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#racism #afi fest #AFI Film Festival #angela davis #black history #Ibram X. Kendi #Lynae Vanae #netflix #roger ross williams #stamped from the beginning

[52booksproject]

Book 37: How to be an Antiracist

This week I chose How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi. It was a tough book. There is just a ton of historical racist ideas and rhetoric presented as what we're fighting against and it made for very uncomfortable reading. My library's copy was an updated book that had annotations that fixed problematic terms and clarified points he had been criticized about.

Kendi's premise is that one cannot simply be a "not racist" person and the opposite of racism is antiracism. There are two kinds of racism - one that thinks some races are inferior and always will be and one that says some races are inferior, but not inherently because if they assimilate to the right (white) ideas they can become equals. He talks about the connection and intertwining of Capitalism and racism and the intersectionality of race, gender, and sexuality. Apparently modern Capitalism was born when Prince Henry the "Navigator" started Black slavery. Racism isn't necessarily about bad people hating other people for the color of their skin- it's more about self interest and using the concept that others are inferior to justify unfair policies.

Kendi is absolutely frank about his own history of internalized racist ideas and college era bigotry against white people. At one point he even believed whites were aliens that came to oppress Earthlings of color (his friend laughed him out of the room at that one and he soon dropped the idea).

Essentially to be an antiracist is to support policies that seek to eliminate racial injustice.

BEST QUOTE: We cannot be antiracist if we are homophobic or transphobic.

SHOULD YOU READ THIS BOOK? I give this one a resounding yes! It's an interesting premise and a great look into America's and the World's racism problem.

ART PROJECT:

Ok, I really couldn't think of anything to do for this that wasn't totally cheesy.

So I thought in the spirit of the self confession in the book that I would share my history of being racist. I started a few spaces ahead as my parents are antiracist oriented (nobody's perfect though), and and raised me as best they could in a racist society. I still held a lot of racist ideas and ignorance honestly. And though I was raised to be a gay ally, back when I was a kid I was pretty transphobic and would be until the trans movement gained better traction in the 2000s and I finally learned that trans men and women are in fact men and women. Unfortunately for me, I was in a very white area and the only substantial population of people of color were Latinix. That thankfully made most of my racist mistakes not targeted at actual individuals. I still struggle with racist ideas though I try very hard to be antiracist. All I can do is continue to chip away at my ignorance and be eternally vigilant.

#how to be an antiracist #ibram x. kendi #52booksproject #52books #antiracist #black history month

[icedsodapop]

White leftists who criticize Bell Hooks, Ta-Nehisi Coates and Ibram X Kendi really grate my nerves. Because these white leftists dont even read with Black radical leftist politics, and would rather spend their time going after Black liberals or pointing fingers at other people (BIPoC most of the time) for not doing socialism/leftism right, how other people are sell-outs, except for them of course!! ✌🏼✌🏼 And then you see these white leftists also criticizing prominent Black leftist academics and thinkers like Barbara Smith and Robin DG Kelley in bad faith for being "bougeoise" even tho so many prominent Black thinkers and academics have been fighting and advocating way before these white leftists were in fucking diapers.

#im talking of course about ben burgis and glenn greenwald and finkelstein #anti white leftists #white leftists #bell hooks #robin dg kelley #ta nehisi coates #ibram x. kendi #barbara smith #racism #antiblackness

[misterparadigm]

Freedom to Think: The Legitimacy of being Morally Unsure

One of the things we robbed ourselves and each other of during these previous turbulent years is the legitimacy of being morally unsure.

We've been, in some social manner, at the mercy of people pushing an all-or-nothing narrative. People who've co-opted ideas like anti-racism and feminism, and conflated them as inseparable from a larger ideology, attached to this or that organization. More narrowly defined, more morally imperative, more politically motivated, and through all this has made it insufferably impossible to have a conversation from the curious view--because the curious view is morally reprehensible in its ignorance and unwillingness to commit to what is proposed to be common sense if you're a good person. It's like, yeah, I have always considered myself proponents of those notions--until you redefined them, took ownership, and insinuated that I no longer had the right to describe myself as such unless I undertake the new tenets of your social ideology.

The backlash is coming in hard, and it's coming from the very groups which the social progressive Left advertised themselves the saviors of, because, as it turns out, people won't tolerate discomfort in their everyday conversations for long. They need room to breath, to think, and to reason, without the stilted judgment of ideologically possessed moralists. And, as it turns out, people don't like being victimized without their consent--or to have talking heads claim to be the advocates of action for their entire group identity, which itself is full of diverse individuals.

#reason #racism #anti-racism #feminism #ideology #critical race theory #crt #ideological possession #moralism #victimization #woke #diversity #white fragility #white superiority #white saviorism #robin d'angelo #ibram x. kendi #kimberle crenshaw #thomas sowell #shelby steele #john mcwhorter #candace owens #amala ekpunobi

[readyforevolution]

#blacktumblr #black history #black liberation #african history #ibram x. kendi

[mad-rdr]

Four Hundred Souls - edited by Ibram X. Kendi

★ ★ ★ ★ ★/5

This collection of essays and poems by Black authors spans the history of African America from 1619 to 2019 and wow, was it impactful. Each author takes on about 7 years of events and discusses monumental events in that time period. I am not usually the biggest fan of history but these essays were all concise and straight to the point- hitting you where it needed to. This is one of those books that you can’t read all at once, you have to sit with what you’ve just read and digest it before moving on. The history of African Americans is not a pleasant one, and I’m glad that while this book doesn’t just focus on their pain, it doesn’t sugarcoat it either. These essays really cause you to reflect and it is definitely something I will come back to and read again. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to become a better ally. It is important that we learn, recognize, and celebrate histories such as these. No matter what white america tries erase, there will always be people that remember.

#four hundred souls #ibram x. kendi #collection of essays #poems #essays #nonfiction #5 stars #black history #black lives matter #history #books #booklr #book review #reader #reading #books and libraries

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

From a sixth grader, after reading #StampedforKids. A poetic window into the impact, into why we do what we do.

[Ibram X. Kendi]

#anti-racism #Stamped for Kids #Ibram X. Kendi #words and writing

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

He's such a shallow thinker that you can always trust Kendi to blurt out the quiet part.

But what's interesting is the projection. He's correct, but not in the way he thinks. Because he's talking about himself and his own personality flaws and mental disorders. This is a quote from his best-selling screed:

I DID NOT knock on Clarence’s door that day to discuss Welsing’s “color confrontation theory.” Or Diop’s two-cradle theory. He had snickered at those theories many times before. I came to share another theory, the one that finally figured White people out.

“They are aliens,” I told Clarence, confidently resting on the doorframe, arms crossed. “I just saw this documentary that laid out the evidence. That’s why they are so intent on White supremacy. That’s why they seem to not have a conscience. They are aliens.”

-- Ibram X. Kendi, "How to Be an Antiracist"

"White supremacy" in this sense isn't the KKK or the Nazis. It's "the white man's science," and "objectivity is white supremacy," and "merit is white supremacy," and "math is white supremacy," and "the U.S. Constitution is a tool of white supremacy."

David Duke didn't get millions of academic funding and an entire institute created for him by Boston University. David Duke didn't get a $10m donation from a co-founder of one of the most powerful social media platforms. David Duke's didn't publish a bestsellng insane manifesto. David Duke's ideology hasn't permeated K-12 in every state in the country. David Duke's ideology hasn't been the basis for reeducation programs conducted through everything from the medical profession to soft drink manufacturers to government nuclear laboratories.

When people insist that "woke" is "just about being kind" or "just about being aware of racism," they're lying. I don't mean they're mistaken, I mean they're lying. It's been a third of a decade since activists cut the brake-line and pulled out all the stops. The idea that we don't know what this is, what's going on, is dishonest.

Next time you hear it, show the person this video and ask them, do you agree with Kendi? They won't know what to say. It's the same as when you ask a moderate Xian whether they agree with their god that you deserve to be tortured for eternity. They know there's an ideologically correct answer, "yes," and they know there's a morally correct answer, "no." They'll refuse to answer the question: "I don't make the rules, god does," and "you send yourself there" are classic tactics to avoid being honest.

This is the same thing. They have to agree with him ideologically, because they can't claim he's Not a True Scotsman. But if they do agree with him, they've exposed the whole "it's just about being kind" lie.

Of course, this won't work on the fundamentalist True Believers. If you ask someone from Westboro the hell question, they won't even blink, they'll say, "yes, absolutely." Again, same thing applies.

It's one thing for Kendi himself to have these ideas. A much larger problem is the fact that the thunderous applause from the audience shows how far and how normalized the moral corruption has set in.

People who endorse Kendi should be regarded by society in the same way as those who endorse David Duke.

#Ibram X. Kendi #Free Black Thought #Wanjiru Njoya #Ben Appel #Kendi is a racist #racial division #racism #neoracism #whiteness #white supremacy #dehumanization #critical race theory #antiracism #antiracism as religion #woke #wokeness #wokeness as religion #cult of woke #wokeism #religion is a mental illness

[brantheblessed]

If they try to tell you that Critical Race Theory is not about discrimination against whites

#CRT #ibram x. kendi

[little-catholic-diva]

So ironic that what he did and what he said are the epitome of racism.

#ibram x. kendi #racism #idiot #racist