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George said he had given the book out several times and that it was a lifechanging act of generosity.
I did give out Stamped from the Beginning by Irving Mex Kendi quite a few times. For me, it was, it was a life changer for me.
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George said he had given the book out several times and that it was a lifechanging act of generosity.
I did give out Stamped from the Beginning by Irving Mex Kendi quite a few times. For me, it was, it was a life changer for me.
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Ezra praised it as a mustread and highlighted its argument that racist policies precede racist ideas, shaping Kendi's later framework.
I loved his previous book, Stamped from the Beginning, which I still think everyone should read, even if you've read, by the way, How to Be an Antiracist.
The argument in Stamped from the Beginning is that racist policies don't follow from racist ideas the way we normally think they do. Racist ideas follow from racist policies.
There's an argument in the book, and it's also core to the book, You Are Before It, which I love, stamped from the beginning, that has really influenced me.
