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Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Ibram X. Kendi, Jason Reynolds
7 reviews
maple_dove's review
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-paced
4.5
Does an excellent job at explaining some of the history of anti-Black racism, how it functions, why it's still here, and more.
But remember, this is not a history book.
But remember, this is not a history book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Religious bigotry, and Misogyny
Moderate: Police brutality
Minor: Rape
danajoy's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
5.0
This remixed version of Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America is really easily accessible and you can just tell it's perfectly tailored to its target audience of young people. There is a wonderful directness and wealth of knowledge provided in a very understandable way. It seems like the perfect starting point.
I do think it might be a touch too short. The audiobook was only 4 hours but I suppose that is putting the onus back on the reader to seek out more and further their antiracist education.
The music between each section wasn't really for me (mostly because I listen to all my audiobooks sped up) but I think it might be really helpful for some, more reluctant, readers.
As a non-American, this educated me on a lot of aspects of American history that I was aware of in concept more than practice. I was particularly struck by notable pop culture phenomenons being framed as they were throughout. I never realised the connections between them and perpetuating racist rhetoric.
The use of the three key terms, segregationist, assimilationist and anti-racist, were very clear and useful.
I do think it might be a touch too short. The audiobook was only 4 hours but I suppose that is putting the onus back on the reader to seek out more and further their antiracist education.
The music between each section wasn't really for me (mostly because I listen to all my audiobooks sped up) but I think it might be really helpful for some, more reluctant, readers.
As a non-American, this educated me on a lot of aspects of American history that I was aware of in concept more than practice. I was particularly struck by notable pop culture phenomenons being framed as they were throughout. I never realised the connections between them and perpetuating racist rhetoric.
The use of the three key terms, segregationist, assimilationist and anti-racist, were very clear and useful.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism
Moderate: Rape, Police brutality, and Religious bigotry
lucinotlucy's review
challenging
informative
medium-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism
Moderate: Colonisation, Genocide, Hate crime, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, and Slavery
brookey8888's review
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Such an important read. I really learned a lot and it was in a really assessable way. This was obviously serious but there was humor which I appreciated. The audiobook was really good! Jason Reynolds did an amazing job narrating and they was also music at the start of a new chapter. I highly recommend this if you want to start/continue your anti-racist journey.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Police brutality, Racism, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Sexism, and Slavery
alisazhup's review
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
4.0
This was a short but incredibly informative not history history book! 95% of what I read was new to me.
The chapters were fast paced but some of them ended up making for dense reading. There were some parts where I wish the authors had gone into more depth. For example, I was a little disappointed by the chapter on W. E. B. Du Bois. I loved Du Bois' writing on double consciousness and the authors of Stamped overgeneralized the concept by implying that it's assimilationist thought and that it's simply about "a self that is Black and a self that is American." It's fair to have that opinion, but since I believe it's an unpopular one (double consciousness is a topic discussed frequently to this day), it deserved more than a paragraph.
Also, there were times when the authors' tone clashed with the book's content. I understand that Jason Reynolds wanted to make this book more readable for younger audiences, but at times it was a little too much. This is a quote from chapter one: "Uh-oh. The R-word. Which for many of us still feels rated R. Or can be matched only with another R word-run. But don't. Let's all just take a deep breath. Inhale. Hold it. Exhale and breathe out: RACE." It almost feels like I'm being talked down to.
The authors tried to make an effort to include LGBT+ people and women. I would say they succeeded in being inclusive of women, but not LGBT+ people. I can count maybe two times that they were mentioned.
Regardless of those three factors-the tone, the pacing, and inclusivity-I would replace this with current school history textbooks any day. THIS IS SO MUCH BETTER than history told through a white perspective.
The chapters were fast paced but some of them ended up making for dense reading. There were some parts where I wish the authors had gone into more depth. For example, I was a little disappointed by the chapter on W. E. B. Du Bois. I loved Du Bois' writing on double consciousness and the authors of Stamped overgeneralized the concept by implying that it's assimilationist thought and that it's simply about "a self that is Black and a self that is American." It's fair to have that opinion, but since I believe it's an unpopular one (double consciousness is a topic discussed frequently to this day), it deserved more than a paragraph.
Also, there were times when the authors' tone clashed with the book's content. I understand that Jason Reynolds wanted to make this book more readable for younger audiences, but at times it was a little too much. This is a quote from chapter one: "Uh-oh. The R-word. Which for many of us still feels rated R. Or can be matched only with another R word-run. But don't. Let's all just take a deep breath. Inhale. Hold it. Exhale and breathe out: RACE." It almost feels like I'm being talked down to.
The authors tried to make an effort to include LGBT+ people and women. I would say they succeeded in being inclusive of women, but not LGBT+ people. I can count maybe two times that they were mentioned.
Regardless of those three factors-the tone, the pacing, and inclusivity-I would replace this with current school history textbooks any day. THIS IS SO MUCH BETTER than history told through a white perspective.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Hate crime, Murder, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, Sexism, Slavery, and Violence
marieketron's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
fast-paced
3.5
As i indicated during an earlier status update, I probably would have been better off having read the first book that this one is a remix of. I’m not exactly the target audience, being way past being a teenager and also not American. I do think the material being discussed is relevant and important for everyone to be aware of, but the way it was being presented here didn’t really work for me.
That being said, I am very happy to see these type of dense materials are being remixed so they’re more easily accessible for a range of audiences. The ideas on which racism is built are old and have changed a lot in their presentation but never at their core. This book helps track that development and illuminates those core ideas so that the reader can track them and identify them themselves.
That being said, I am very happy to see these type of dense materials are being remixed so they’re more easily accessible for a range of audiences. The ideas on which racism is built are old and have changed a lot in their presentation but never at their core. This book helps track that development and illuminates those core ideas so that the reader can track them and identify them themselves.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Hate crime, Violence, Slavery, Religious bigotry, Racism, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Physical abuse, and Murder
Moderate: Islamophobia and Xenophobia
junefish's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism, Police brutality, Violence, Slavery, Sexism, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Homophobia, Domestic abuse, Murder, Mass/school shootings, Hate crime, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Drug use, Death, and Child death
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