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Ibram X. Kendi

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National Book Award-winning Historian @Howard.edu • 11x NYT Bestselling Author. MacArthur Fellow. #BeAntiracist. 🐍🦁🌱 ibramxkendi.com

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Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk.bsky.social · May 13

It is an honor to present to the world, MALCOLM LIVES: The Official Biography of Malcolm X for Young Readers. It comes out today! It is a gift to the world, and a gift to Malcolm as the world is about to celebrate his 100th birthday on May 19. His favorite gift, a book.

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Cronut the Barbarian @cronutthebarbarian.bsky.social · Aug 25

The first thing I did after reading this article (& posting it here), was to buy a copy of "How to be an Anti-Racist," by Ibram X Kendi. If the regime doesn't want you to read, view, or listen, then it is our duty to read, view or listen.

They want to suppress forward motion. DON'T LET THEM.

NPR @npr.org · Aug 25

A page published by the White House entitled "President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian" lists exhibits, educational sites and more that the administration seems to take issue with.

Smithsonian artists and scholars respond to White House list of objectionable art

A page published by the White House entitled "President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian" lists exhibits, educational sites and more that the administration seems to take issue with.

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voice of the psychiatrized @nycicarusorg.myatproto.social · Aug 26

Reading @ibramxk.bsky.social 's book and i work in the area he grew up in Queens. Antiracist work today is the same as in the past because racism never went away.

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Damien Kane Rigden @damienkanerigden.com · Aug 25

More than ever, America needs to be listening to and amplifying black voices, following black leaders, and reading black authors. If you aren’t 100% sure what the word “Antiracist” means, you must read this book by @ibramxk.bsky.social

Buy from a black bookseller here
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Ibram X. Kendi - How To Be An Antiracist (Hardcover)

Antiracism is a transformative concept that reorients and reenergizes the conversation about racism—and, even more fundamentally, points us toward liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves and e...

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Annie R @anet2111.bsky.social · Aug 24

“I could see this White House not wanting their supporters to take my work seriously, because I think if they did, they wouldn't take the White House seriously.” - Ibram X. Kendi, author of the book How to be An Antiracist

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Smithsonian artists and scholars respond to White House list of objectionable art — NPR

A page published by the White House entitled

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Frank Wimmer, PhD @spookyjohnson.bsky.social · Aug 24

The Trump regime is trying to silence @ibramxk.bsky.social for being truthful about America's history of slavery and racism. You know what that means: Time to buy and read every one of Kendi's books.

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Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk.bsky.social · Aug 22

It linked to a Smithsonian page on “Being Antiracist” stating “race does not biologically exist” and “we must commit to making unbiased choices” and “no is born racist or antiracist.” So Trump considers these points to be untruthful and insane.

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Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk.bsky.social · Aug 22

The White House listed Smithsonian materials it found objectionable. The first: a series on “white dominant culture” that “featured content from hardcore work activist Ibram X. Kendi.” As a scholar, I don’t use the concept of “white dominant culture.”

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President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian

The National Museum of African American History and Culture debuted a series to educate people on “a society that privileges white people and whiteness” —

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Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk.bsky.social · Aug 20

. . .just as pro-slavery politicians ordered federal agents to kidnap runaways and force them into the prisons of slavery. And these pro-slavery politicians defended slavery by arguing it was not that bad; it was “a good, a positive good.”

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Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk.bsky.social · Aug 20

I am not surprised that this president would insinuate that slavery was not that bad. After all, this is the same president who ordered federal agents to kidnap residents and force them into prisons. . .

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Beth Witham @nny.bsky.social · Aug 14

23/52 everyone recommends this one for a reason. Everyone should read this one, too.

(Trying to read again. Sometimes you have to name the cycle to escape it.)

How to be an antiracist by ibram x kendi

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Jennifer Lee 🎃 @uofagrad97.bsky.social · Aug 14

Spied this book on the shelves at the library when touring my kid’s new school.
This is a good sign.

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The EDU Ledger @theeduledger.bsky.social · Aug 14

Anti-racism scholar @ibramxk.bsky.social returns to #HBCU roots to build a new institute for Advanced Study at @howard.edu

Check out our August cover story: lnkd.in/e3tUVxiq

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Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk.bsky.social · Aug 14

So much work and struggle ahead studying and combatting this tidal wave of racism. We’ll be sharing more in the coming months about our new Howard Institute for Advanced Study, including the relaunching of The Emancipator.

Here’s the cover story.
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Coming Home

Anti-racism scholar Dr. Ibram X. Kendi returns to HBCU roots to build a new Institute for Advanced Study at Howard University.

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Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk.bsky.social · Aug 14

Fitting headline. I can’t tell you the number of times Howard alumni, students, and new colleagues welcomed me home since we announced in January I was coming to the Mecca. 🙏🏾

I joined the HU faculty a few days ago. Honored to be featured in Diverse’s HBCU issue.

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coleypinay.bsky.social @coleypinay.bsky.social · Jul 12

Summer reading for your 4th, 5th 6th, reluctant 7th-grade reader:
#booksky#yaliterature#yabooks

Malcolm Lives!: The Official Biography of Malcolm X for Young Readers by Ibram X. Kendi

The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly

Mexikid: A Graphic Novel by Pedro Martin

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The Emancipator @theemancipator.org · Jul 7

The recent U.S. bombing of Iran appears to be part and parcel of a larger colonial project under the Trump administration. 🖊️ @chandelis.bsky.social @domesticpolichick.bsky.social @ibramxk.bsky.social

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Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk.bsky.social · Jul 4

“This Fourth of July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn.”

Take a moment to read an abridged version of one of the greatest speeches in history. “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July” by Frederick Douglass on July 5, 1852 in @theemancipator.org.

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Frederick Douglass' anti-slavery speech remains relevant

The abolitionist’s fiery message for America still resonates.

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Thom @thomfhoolery.bsky.social · Jun 30

“Racist ideas make White people think more of themselves, which further attracts them to racist ideas.” - Ibram X. Kendi, ‘How to be an Antiracist’

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Kate.Therapist.Author @katetherapistautho.bsky.social · Jul 1

Listening to the audiobook Malcolm Lives! By Dr. Ibram X Kendi…

He writes Marcus Garvey was deported!!

Every other book I read said Marcus Garvey just dipped…

History really gets rewritten by YT authors 🤦🏻‍♀️😡

Thank goodness for scholars like Dr. Ibram X Kendi, teaching us the real history 💕

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Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk.bsky.social · Jul 4

There are scholars who are envious of the spread of my work, showing their inherent opportunism as they decry me as an opportunist. When people don’t offer substantive critiques, it’s usually a sign of envy. And envious attacks on Black success is one of the most insidious manifestations of racism.

Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk.bsky.social · Jul 4

On July 4th, some Americans feel free (to oppress and exploit). Others feel fearful within Trump’s state of fear. Others are fearlessly resisting, like Malcolm X. Malcolm’s fearlessness lives in our resistance. What I’m celebrating. My latest @TheEmancipator.org.

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Malcolm X’s fearlessness lives

Every day, Americans are carrying on Malcolm’s fearlessness.

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Candi 🍬🦊 @nordvulpix.bsky.social · Jun 5

Phase 1 of summer reading collection arrived 😍

3 books laid out on a white bedspread
"How to be an antiracist" by Ibram X. Kendi
"The High Crusade" by Poul Anderson
"Trans / Rad / Fem" by Talia Bhatt

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Clay Cane @claycane.bsky.social · Jun 3

In case you missed it on the #claycaneshow -- Dr. Ibram X. Kendi on FAMU’s new president—and how even Black people can benefit from anti-Blackness.

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Dr. Ibram X. Kendi on FAMU’s New President—and How Even Black People Can Benefit From Anti-Blackness

YouTube video by The Clay Cane Show

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Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk.bsky.social · Jun 3

Delighted to share that MALCOLM LIVES! received its third and fourth starred reviews. My editor told me it is rare for a book to receive four starred reviews. So feeling grateful for the readers and reviewers at Booklist and School Library Journal. ✨✨✨✨

#booksky

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · May 29

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“Racist Americans have murdered Black lives and tried to murder Black afterlives, Black stories and Black history,” Ibram X. Kendi writes. So when Black people die, “what we contributed, what we changed, what we documented dies, too. No funeral. Just gone from memory.”

Opinion | Trump’s Attacks on Black History Betray America

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