HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST

A primer and manifesto that will reshape the racial discourse and guide readers on how to participate in building an antiracist society.

This new book from Ibram X. Kendi offers a refreshing approach that will radically reorient our community on the urgent issues of race, justice, and equality. Kendi's concept of antiracism reenergizes and reshapes this essential conversation--but even more fundamentally, points us toward liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves and each other.

This is a memoir, but not in a traditional sense: Kendi weaves together an electrifying combination of ethics, history, law, and science--including the story of his own awakening to antiracism--bringing it all together in a cogent, accessible form. Each of the 18 chapters is constructed around an intimate personal topic (e.g. "Dual Consciousness", "Sexuality", "Body", "Biology"), driven by a personal narrative that yields clear, powerful insights that take us beyond an awareness of racism, to the next step of contributing to the formation of a truly just and equitable global society. Yes, his experience is rooted in America, but Kendi is able to translate this in such a way that transcends centuries and borders.

Kendi is the winner of the 2016 National Book Award for NonFiction and New York Times bestselling author of STAMPED FROM THE BEGINNING (published by Nation Books**). He is also a finalist for the 2016 National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction and was nominated for the 2016 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work in Nonfiction. STAMPED was also included on many Best Books of 2016 lists, including The Boston Globe, Kirkus, The Washington Post, The Root, Chicago Review of Books, and Buzzfeed. Kendi is the founding director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University as well as a Professor of History and International Relations. He is also the editor of Black Perspectives, the leading online platform for public scholarship on global black thought, history, and culture, and he is now writing for The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/author/ibram-x-kendi/.

This is a humbling book, one that allows and encourages its readers to see themselves with uncompromised clarity, no matter how uncomfortable it may be--but also ultimately uplifting and empowering. We hope you and your publishers agree! Please do keep us posted on how submissions gofor first looks and beyond.