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Mark Miles's avatar

Thanks for the opinion on Kendi’s book. My wife is a super problem solver type. When the George Floyd turmoil was occurring, she got the message that sometimes white people are unaware of their own racist attitudes. So, she immediately bought and read White Fragility. So, of course, I read it too. Aside from the fact that it’s a grand projection of her own conflicted mindset onto everyone else, black and white, the main thing I didn’t like about it was that there wasn’t a hint of redemption. Maybe I’ll read Kendi.

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Erica Etelson's avatar

I liked Kendi's first book, Stamped from the Beginning, but didn't get much out of How to be an Antiracist. I also really like Toure Reed's Toward Freedom b/c it brings a class analysis into the mix and holds open the promise of multi-racial working class organizing.

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