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One either allows racial inequities to persevere, as a racist, or confronts racial inequities, as an anti-racist. There is no in-between safe space of "not racist."

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The working class in the United States has never been united; it's always been divided along the lines of race. [...] Racism and capitalism emerged at the same time, in 15th-century western Europe, and they've reinforced each other from the beginning.

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I think most Americans, without recognizing it, say and believe both racist and antiracist ideas. What I'm seeking to do is get them to recognize those racist ideas, get them to essentially get rid of them and essentially strive to be antiracist, strive to see the racial groups as equals.

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Certainly, before colonization, some of the greatest and most powerful and wealthiest and most technologically and intellectually advanced empires in the world were in Africa, from Ghana, Mali and Songhai...We're not taught about precolonial West Africa. We're not even taught about Africa today! [...] And I don't think we should focus on Europe because that is a demonstration to me of racism.

Ibram X. Kendi

Ibram X. Kendi

Ibram X. Kendi

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Born: August 13, 1982 (age 42)

Bio: Ibram Xolani Kendi is an American author, professor, anti-racist activist, and historian of race and discriminatory policy in the U.S. He is author of books including Stamped from the Beginning, How to Be an Antiracist and Antiracist Baby.

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