u003cbu003eThe National Book Award winning history of how racist ideas were created, spread, and deeply rooted in American society.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003c/bu003eSome Americans insist that we're living in a post-racial society. But racist thought is not just alive and well in America--it is more sophisticated and more insidious than ever. And as award-winning historian Ibram X. Kendi argues, racist ideas have a long and lingering history, one in which nearly every great American thinker is complicit.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e In this deeply researched and fast-moving narrative, Kendi chronicles the entire story of anti-black racist ideas and their staggering power over the course of American history. He uses the life stories of five major American intellectuals to drive this history: Puritan minister Cotton Mather, Thomas Jefferson, abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, W.E.B. Du Bois, and legendary activist Angela Davis.u003cbru003eu003cbru003e As Kendi shows, racist ideas did not arise from ignorance or hatred. They were created to justify and rationalize deeply entrenched discriminatory policies and the nation's racial inequities.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eIn shedding light on this history, u003ciu003eStamped from the Beginning u003c/iu003eoffers us the tools we need to expose racist thinking. In the process, he gives us reason to hope.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003cbu003ePraise for u003ciu003eStamped from the Beginning:u003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003e"We often describe a wonderful book as u003cbu003e'mind-blowing'u003c/bu003e or u003cbu003e'life-changing'u003c/bu003e but I've found this rarely to actually be the case. I found both descriptions accurate for Ibram X. Kendi's Stamped from the Beginning... I will never look at racial discrimination again after reading this u003cbu003emarvellousu003c/bu003e, u003cbu003eambitiousu003c/bu003e, and u003cbu003eclear-sightedu003c/bu003e book." - George Saunders, u003ciu003eFinancial Timesu003c/iu003e, Best Books of 2017u003cbru003eu003cbru003e"u003cbu003eAmbitious, well-researchedu003c/bu003e and worth the time of anyone who wants to understand racism." --u003ciu003eSeattle Timesu003c/iu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003e"A u003cbu003edeep (and often disturbing)u003c/bu003e chronicling of how anti-black thinking has entrenched itself in the fabric of American society." --u003ciu003eThe Atlanticu003c/iu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003culu003eu003cliu003eu003cbu003eWinner of the 2016 National Book Award for Nonfictionu003c/bu003eu003c/liu003eu003cliu003eu003cbu003eA u003ciu003eNew York Timesu003c/iu003e Bestselleru003c/bu003eu003c/liu003eu003cliu003eu003cbu003eA u003ciu003eWashington Postu003c/iu003e Bestselleru003c/bu003eu003c/liu003eu003cliu003eu003cbu003eOn President Obama's Black History Month Recommended Reading Listu003cbru003eu003c/bu003eu003c/liu003eu003cliu003eu003cbu003eFinalist for the 2016 National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfictionu003c/bu003eu003c/liu003eu003cliu003eu003cbu003eNamed one of the Best Books of the Year by the u003ciu003eBoston Globeu003c/iu003e, u003ciu003eWashington Postu003c/iu003e, u003ciu003eChicago Review of Booksu003c/iu003e, u003ciu003eThe Rootu003c/iu003e, u003ciu003eBuzzfeedu003c/iu003e, u003ciu003eBustleu003c/iu003e, and u003ciu003eEntropyu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003c/liu003eu003c/ulu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003e
