{"product_id":"9781568585987","title":"Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe National Book Award winning history of how racist ideas were created, spread, and deeply rooted in American society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eSome Americans insist that we're living in a post-racial society. But racist thought is not just alive and well in America--it is more sophisticated and more insidious than ever. And as award-winning historian Ibram X. Kendi argues, racist ideas have a long and lingering history, one in which nearly every great American thinker is complicit.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In this deeply researched and fast-moving narrative, Kendi chronicles the entire story of anti-black racist ideas and their staggering power over the course of American history. He uses the life stories of five major American intellectuals to drive this history: Puritan minister Cotton Mather, Thomas Jefferson, abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, W.E.B. Du Bois, and legendary activist Angela Davis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As Kendi shows, racist ideas did not arise from ignorance or hatred. They were created to justify and rationalize deeply entrenched discriminatory policies and the nation's racial inequities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn shedding light on this history, \u003ci\u003eStamped from the Beginning \u003c\/i\u003eoffers us the tools we need to expose racist thinking. In the process, he gives us reason to hope.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eStamped from the Beginning:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"We often describe a wonderful book as \u003cb\u003e'mind-blowing'\u003c\/b\u003e or \u003cb\u003e'life-changing'\u003c\/b\u003e but I've found this rarely to actually be the case. I found both descriptions accurate for Ibram X. Kendi's Stamped from the Beginning... I will never look at racial discrimination again after reading this \u003cb\u003emarvellous\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eambitious\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eclear-sighted\u003c\/b\u003e book.\" - George Saunders, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, Best Books of 2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eAmbitious, well-researched\u003c\/b\u003e and worth the time of anyone who wants to understand racism.\" --\u003ci\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A \u003cb\u003edeep (and often disturbing)\u003c\/b\u003e chronicling of how anti-black thinking has entrenched itself in the fabric of American society.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2016 National Book Award for Nonfiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eOn President Obama's Black History Month Recommended Reading List\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2016 National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed one of the Best Books of the Year by the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChicago Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Root\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBuzzfeed\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEntropy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hachette Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46356427014316,"sku":"9781568585987","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/6626\/7820\/files\/13080533482746.jpg?v=1781638143","url":"https:\/\/giftshop.carlemuseum.org\/products\/9781568585987","provider":"The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}