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Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You

Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi

Jason Reynolds adapts Ibram X. Kendi’s earlier work into an account of racist ideas and racial politics in the United States. Beginning with the origins of those ideas, the book introduces three categories based on belief: racist, assimilationist, and antiracist. It then follows U.S. racial politics from the Puritans through the Obama era, using figures including Cotton Mather, W.E.B. DuBois, and Angela Davis. The narrative ends just before 2016 and provides a basis for considering the present.

This book appears on 3 reading lists across 1 edition from 3 organizations.

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Book details

Lexile Text Measure
1000L
ATOS Book Level
7.4
AR Interest Level
MG+
AR Points
6
Word Count
36733
Fountas & Pinnell Text Level
X
Themes
Government And Civics · History · Racism And Prejudice · Social Justice
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published
March 10, 2020
Pages
294
ISBN-13
9780316453691
Language
English
Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin–MadisonCCBC Choices
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