summary ofStampedBook by Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi

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How the world rationalized racial inequity

The segregationist says that whites should be as far away from Blacks as possible. The assimilationist thinks that Blacks, as a collective, can improve. And the antiracist sees no inherent flaws or merits in Black people and identifies racism as the issue that demands rectification. All three groups have been complicit in rationalizing racism.Racist ideas predate the founding of America; the notion dates back to the 1400s in Western Europe. Influential people who needed to defend racist policies beneficial to them came up with racist ideas and sold them to an unsuspecting audience who became ignorant and hateful.

Everyone can formulate an idea, and almost everyone can adopt beliefs. Racist notions are just that — ideas. There is no racial group that stands above or below another. The issue arises when we perceive one racial group as better or worse, ingraining that perception within us. Hence, just because we might believe there's an issue with Black people doesn't make it factual. I n the same vein, the only thing that sets white people apart is their belief in their own distinctiveness.To tackle racist ideas, we must adhere to the antiracist principle of group equality. This implies that we must identify, critique, and discard the racist notions we've internalized throughout our lives. For America to become antiracist, we must recognize our racist history and our current racist state and work towards establishing an antiracist nation. An antiracist America is one where no racial group is considered superior or inferior, where racial hatred is non-existent, and where there's no desire to modify any racial group. In an antiracist America, skin color holds no significance.In this summary, you’ll gain an incredible insight into how various groups participated in the evolution of systemic racism in America and the profound alterations we must undertake if we genuinely aspire to mold a country that embraces all.