"Being an antiracist requires persistent self-awareness, constant self-criticism, and regular self-examination."
- Ibram X. Kendi
"In a racist society, it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be antiracist." - Angela Davis
Anti-Racism is not a new concept, but for many this is work we are doing for the first time. Explore these links, resources, and books to find materials that can help you do the work of understanding and being anti-racist.
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Imbram X. Kendi's books at Springfield Public Library.
"IBRAM X. KENDI is one of America’s foremost historians and leading antiracist voices. He is a National Book Award-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author. Kendi is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities and the Founding Director of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research. Kendi is a contributor writer at The Atlantic and a CBS News correspondent. He is also the 2020-2021 Frances B. Cashin Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for the Advanced Study at Harvard University. In 2020, Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world." - Author's website
"Being an antiracist requires persistent self-awareness, constant self-criticism, and regular self-examination."
- Ibram X. Kendi