Reviews

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi

ducksfloat's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

what a gd feat r u kidding me LEARNED SO MUCH must read, i hope in schools? so many notes and follow up books/art/people to read about!!

Chap 8, 2:32 - Resisting Africans (from slavery) were essentially always cast as violent criminals (stamped from the beginning....)
Chap 36, 16:28 - too many black ppl and too many black study scholars were looking at themselves outwards from them selves to the world at the center of european standards. Asante - multiple ways of seeing the world, being in the world, studying the world and theorizing the world

Chap 40, 19:01 - Sacrifice, uplift, persuasion and education have not eradicated, are not eradicating and will not eradicate racist ideas let alone racist policies. Power will never self sacrifice away from its self interest. Power cannot be persuaded away from its self interest. Power will never educate away from self interest.

infinite_harness9030's review

challenging dark informative reflective slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Slavery

Moderate: Confinement, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Trafficking, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Misogyny, Kidnapping, and Deportation

thebibutterfly's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

4.5

cmik's review against another edition

1.0

Interesting premise and topics but written very densely. Had to reread some passages to fully understand what was being said. Not engaging or well done story telling.

akleinri's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

catsinbooks's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad slow-paced

5.0

overbooked207's review

dark emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Deportation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

meaghandesigns's review against another edition

4.0

A heavy intense read but also eye opening to all the history we were not taught

fatimalopezg's review

5.0

The most brilliant history book ever written. My favourite book of all time. There is so much we don't know.

ajoymccann's review

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

The information was presented in an easy to follow way with conviction and facts that laid out our nations history. 10/10 recommend as a must read for racial history!